Gordon Bok – Old Zeb (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D G [Verse]
              D      G             C            G
I'm not tired of the wind, I'm not weary of the sea

    C                      G       Em    Am                   Em  D
But they've probably had a bellyful of a damned old coot like me

   G   D      G                C                G
So I'm going ashore, and she's bound for better days

         C              G     Em      Am        D       G
But I'll see her tops'l flying when I come down off the Ways
[Chorus]
D   G
Oh, Rosie, get my Sunday shoes

C                      Am
Gertie, get my walking cane

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G
Old Alice sail again
[Instrumental] C G Em Am D G [Verse]
           D     G          C             G
If I had a nickel for every man I used to know

          C                  G          Em  Am              Em  D
Who could load three cord of wood aboard in half an hour or so

          G      D       G                    C         G       C
Who could get on sail by hauling, instead of donkeying around

                   G      Em       Am      D    G
I'd be the poorest coasterman this side of Edgartown
[Chorus]
D   G
Oh, Rosie, get my Sunday shoes

C                      Am
Gertie, get my walking cane

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G
Old Alice sail again
[Instrumental] G D G [Verse]
             D       G             C                G
Any fool can work an engine, takes brains to work a sail

    C              G      Em        Am            Em    D
And I never see no steamer get much good out of a gale

        G      D        G            C                G
You can go and pay your taxes on the rationed gas you get

       C                G       Em             Am      D       G
But at least for me the wind is free, and they haven't run out yet
[Chorus]
D   G
Oh, Rosie, get my Sunday shoes

C                      Am
Gertie, get my walking cane

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G     Em
Old Alice sail again
[Instrumental] C G Em Am D G [Verse]
     D        G           C                  G
If I get back to her, I'd treat her just the same

    C               G        Em        Am                   Em    D
I'd jibe her when I want to, boys, and sail in the freezing rain

    G        D        G                   C              G
I'd park the old dear on the beach and go dancing in the town

         C                   G       Em     Am     D      G
'Cause a man that's born for hanging, ain't likely to get drowned
[Chorus]
D   G
Oh, Rosie, get my Sunday shoes

C                      Am
Gertie, get my walking cane

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G
Old Alice sail again
[Instrumental] G D G [Verse]
              D      G             C            G
I'm not tired of the wind, I'm not weary of the sea

    C                      G       Em    Am                   Em  D
But they've probably had a bellyful of a damned old coot like me

   G   D      G                C                G
So I'm going ashore, and she's bound for better days

         C              G     Em      Am        D       G
But I'll see her tops'l flying when I come down off the Ways
[Chorus]
D   G
Oh, Rosie, get my Sunday shoes

C                      Am
Gertie, get my walking cane

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G
Old Alice sail again

      C            G       Em
We'll take another walk to see

    Am    D     G
Old Alice sail again