Gordon Bok – Stormy Weather (Guitar)

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We were laying in Surry Dock one day

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When the mate knew it was time to get underway

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He's homeward bound, but he's out of luck

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'Cause the skipper's half drunk in The Dog and Duck

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And it's stormy weather, boys

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Stormy weather, boys

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When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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Well, the skipper comes aboard with a girl on his arm

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He's going to give up barging and take on a farm

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So the mate ran forward and the cook fell in the dock

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And the skipper caught his knackers in the mainsheet block

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And it's stormy weather, boys

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Stormy weather, boys

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When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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So the mate's at the wheel and he's gybed her twice

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'Cause the skipper's got his knackers in a bowl of ice

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And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

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When the wind blows

    A
The barge will go

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At last we're off down the Lime House Reach

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When our leeboard knocked on the Greenwich Beach

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The barge went ashore and scared our whore

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And she says, "Chuck this, I'm off ashore!"

         A
And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

E
When the wind blows

    A
The barge will go

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We shoved her off and away we did go

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But the skipper's got a bottle of beer below

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She fills away with a roar and a crack

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But there ain't no bargemen up on her deck

         A
And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

E
When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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Then up comes a mermaid covered in mud

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And the skipper says, "I think we're off the Whittaker Spit"

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Then up comes another one covered in slime

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So we took her down the fo'c'sle and we had a good time

         A
And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

E
When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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On the top of the tide the barge did fleet

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But the mate saw a ghost on the tops'il sheet

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So away we did go and the ghost did steer

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And the cook got in the dregs of the Old Man's beer

         A
And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

E
When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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We laid close-hauled around Orford Ness

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When the wind backed round to the south-sou'-west

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We reached our port all safe and sound

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And tied her up in Yarmouth Town

         A
And it's stormy weather, boys

Bm
Stormy weather, boys

E
When the wind blows

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The barge will go

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So after all our fears and alarms

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We all ended up in The Druid's Arms

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And it's stormy weather, boys

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Stormy weather, boys

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When the wind blows

    A
The barge will go