Kate Rusby – Cruel (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 1
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Chords

Tabbed by Neil Palfreyman [Notes] The song starts on the A of the Chorus [Chords] D 054000 A x02200 G 550000 Bm x24400 [Intro] A G D A G D A [Verse 1]
D             A           G                 D
Cruel were my parents, to tear my love from me

A             Bm             G               D
Cruel was the pressgang that took him to the sea

D             Bm               G                 A
Cruel was the little boat that rowed him off the strand

    Bm            G              D                 A
And cruel was the big ship, that took him from the land
[Chorus]
G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away
[Verse 2]
D             A           G               D
Cruel was the water, that ship it sailed upon

A             Bm             G                 D
Cruel was the fair wind, for now my loves he's gone

D               Bm                       G               A
Had you blown a roaring gale they'd have left him on dry land

      Bm              G            D                A
Where he would walk besides me and I would hold his hand
[Chorus]
G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away
[Verse 3]
    D               A              G               D
The ring beneath my pillow, is the ring he gave to me

     A             Bm          G                D
I'll wear it on my finger, for all the world to see

    D             Bm           G               A
But cruel was the captain, the bo'sun, and the men

         Bm            G             D            A
For they didn't give a farthing if I saw my love again
[Chorus]
G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away
[Verse 4]
D             A           G                 D
Cruel were my parents, to tear my love from me

A             Bm             G               D
Cruel was the pressgang that took him to the sea

D             Bm               G                 A
Cruel was the little boat that rowed him off the strand

    Bm            G              D                 A
And cruel was the big ship, that took him from the land
[Chorus]
G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away

G                     D          A
Haul away, boys, haul away