Misc Soundtrack – A Mighty Wind - Fare Away (Ukulele)

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...FARE AWAY... by The Main Street Singers ---------------........................... *from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)* Intro: G, C C/B D, G Verse 1:

G                    C        G
 Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard,

C            C/B        A7       D
 Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard.

G                      C       G
 Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn,

C        C/B        D       G     D          G
 I'm the cabin boy; call me Jim. (His name's Jim).

Chorus 1:

G (n.C)
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,

       C      C/B        D    C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.

Verse 2:

G                       C       G
 Captain's stalking the quarter-deck,

C          C/B         A7         D
 Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.

G                C       G
 Castaway with a case of rum,

C           C/B          D     G
 Hoped that rescue would never come, (never come).

Chorus 2:

G
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,

       C      C/B        D    G
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale.

       C      C/B        D
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly...

Interlude: (Penny Whistle) G, C G, C C/B A7 D, G, C G, C C/B, C C/B Am Em D/F# G, C C/B Am E (Faster): C A7, D G Verse 3:

G                    C        G
 First mate Adam's a hardened man,

C         C/B         A7     D
 Says the captain's a charla-tan.

G                       C       G
 Don't know tackle from futtock plates,

      C       C/B      D         G
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.

Chorus 3:

G (n.C)
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,

       C      C/B        D    C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.

Verse 4:

G                     C     G
 I been sailin' these seven seas,

      C        C/B       A7        D
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees.

G                    C     G
 Come next April I'm sixty-three,

  C        C/B       C          C/B
I can't ad-vance! (I like short pants!)

Am           Em           D/F# G
 Safe in the cabin on the open sea.

C            C/B          D    G
 Safe in the cabin on the open sea.

Chorus 4:

G (n.C)
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,

       C      C/B            C      C/B
To the fur-be-low of, to the fur-be-low of.

       C      C/B        D           C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily, wi-ly wha...le.

CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G C C/B D A7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x32010 x20010 xx0232 x02223 C/G Am Em D/F# E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 332010 x02210 022000 2x0232 022100 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])