Great Big Sea – Jolly Roving Tar (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] | D | G |Bm | A | | D | G |Bm A | D | | D | D | D | A | [Verse 1]
D                  G
Ships may come and ships may go

   A                    D
As long as the sea does roll.

                     G
Each sailor lad just like his dad,

   A                 D
He loves the flowing bowl.

                   G
A trip on shore he does adore

       Bm                  A
With a girl who's nice and round.

         D
When the money's gone

     G
It's the same old song,

     Bm       A         D
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
[Chorus]
                            G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,

        Bm                  A
There's lots of grog in the jar.

      D                G
We'll plough the briny ocean

         Bm    A      D
With the jolly roving tar.
| D | D | D | A | [Verse 2]
     D                   G
When Jack comes in, it's then he'll steer

   A                 D
To some old boarding house.

                         G
They'll welcome him with rum and gin,

    A                D
And feed him on pork scouse.

                            G
He'll lend, spend and he'll not offend

          Bm                 A
Till he's lyin' drunk on the ground

         D
When the money's gone

     G
It's the same old song,

     Bm       A         D
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
[Chorus]
                            G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,

        Bm                  A
There's lots of grog in the jar.

      D                G
We'll plough the briny ocean

         Bm    A      D
With the jolly roving tar.
| D | D | D | A | [Verse 3]
                  G
Jack, he then, oh then he'll sail

      A                D
Bound down for Newfoundland

                       G
All the ladies fair in Placentia there

     A                D
They love that sailor man.

                      G
He'll go to shore out on a tear

          Bm              A
And he'll buy some girl a gown.

         D
When the money's gone

     G
It's the same old song,

     Bm       A         D
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
[Chorus]
                            G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,

        Bm                  A
There's lots of grog in the jar.

      D                G
We'll plough the briny ocean

         Bm    A      D
With the jolly roving tar.
| D | G |Bm | A | | D | G |Bm A | D | | D | D | D | A | [Verse 4]
     D                 G
When Jack gets old and weatherbeat,

    A            G
Too old to roam about,

        D               G
They'll let him stop in some rum shop

     A                     D
Till eight bells calls him out.

           D                 G
Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skies,

       Bm                    A
Sayin' "Boys, we're homeward bound."
D (If you want, you can keep playing here, but you're) When the money's gone (supposed to do the rest of the verse a capella)
     G
It's the same old song,

     Bm       A         D
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
[Chorus]
                            G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,

        Bm                  A
There's lots of grog in the jar.

      D                G
We'll plough the briny ocean

         Bm    A      D
With the jolly roving tar.

                            G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,

        Bm                  A
There's lots of grog in the jar.

      D                G
We'll plough the briny ocean

         Bm    A      D
With the jolly roving tar.
| D | G |Bm | A | | D | G |Bm A | D |