Misc Traditional – A Hundred Years Ago (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
  Am                   Em      D
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

  G       D           Am
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,

  D       G     D

[Verse 2]
[tab]    Am            Em         D
Oh, when I sailed across the sea,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

   G         D       Am
My girl said she'd be true to me.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 3]
  Am             Em     D
I promised her a golden ring,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

    G        D      Am
She promised me that little thing.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 4]
  Am              Em         D
I wish to God I'd never been born,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

   G           D         Am
To go rambling round and round Cape Horn

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 5]
 Am         Em              D
Around Cape Stiff where the wild winds blow,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

 G          D             Am
Around Cape Stiff through sleet and snow.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 6]
 Am                   Em     D
Around Cape Horn with frozen sails,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

 G          D      Am
Around Cape Horn to fish for whales.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 7]
    Am              Em   D
Oh, Bully John from Baltimore,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

  G        D          Am
I knew him well on the Eastern Shore.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 8]
    Am                 Em      D
Oh, Bully John was the boy for me,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

  G        D         Am
A bucko on land and a bully at sea.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 9]
    Am            Em       D
Oh, Bully John, I knew him well,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

    G        D       Am
But now he's dead and gone to hell.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 10]
     Am            Em        D
It's up aloft this yard must go,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

    G      D       Am
For mister mate has told us so.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
[Verse 11]
  Am                  Em      D
I thought I heard the skipper say,

Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!

     G        D               Am
Just one more pull and then belay.

  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.
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