Misc Traditional – Spanish Ladies (Guitar)

   Am                  C            Em
Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies,

   Am                  C            G
Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain;

    Am             G              C           E7
For we've received orders for to sail for ol' England,

   F          G           Em        Am
we hope in a short time to see you again.

       Am                       C            Em
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

       Am                     C           G
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

 C              G                C              E7
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

     F         G         Em          Am
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.

   Am                          C                 Em
We hove our ship to with the wind from the sou' west boys,

   Am                C                       G
We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear;

     Am         G               C           E7
It's forty-five fathoms, with a white sandy bottom,

   F                    G           Em          Am
we squared off our main yard and up channel did steer.

       Am                       C            Em
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

       Am                     C           G
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

 C              G                C              E7
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

     F         G         Em          Am
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.

    Am                    C                Em
The first land we sighted it is called the Dodman,

     Am                      C                   G
Next Ram's Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland then Wight;

   Am           G          C           E7
We sailed on by Beachy, by Fairley and Dungeness,

    F            G          Em             Am
And we hove our ship to off the South Foreland light.

       Am                       C            Em
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

       Am                     C           G
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

 C              G                C              E7
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

     F         G         Em          Am
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.

     Am                           C              Em
Then the signal was given for the Grand Fleet to anchor,

    Am                    C            G
And all in the Downs that night for to lie;

    Am            G            C             E7
Let go your shank painter, likewise your cat stopper!

     F            G           Em               Am
Haul up your clewgarnets, let tacks and sheets fly!

       Am                       C            Em
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

       Am                     C           G
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

 C              G                C              E7
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

     F         G         Em          Am
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.

    Am                  C            Em
Now let every man drink off his full bumper,

    Am                 C            G
And let every man toss off his full glass;

      Am           G         C          E7
We'll drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,

    F             G            Em           Am
And here's to the help of each true-hearted lass

       Am                       C            Em
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

       Am                     C           G
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

 C              G                C              E7
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

     F         G         Em          Am
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.