Misc Traditional – Ten Thousand Miles Away (Guitar)

G
It's Ho! for a brave and a gallant ship,

C
With a fair and a favouring' breeze,

G
With a bully crew and a captain too

D
To carry me over the seas;

G
To carry me over the seas, me lads,

C
To me true love far away,

G                             C
For she’s taking' a trip on a Government ship

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

C            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
Oh me true love, she was beautiful,

C
My true love, she was fair,

G
Her eyes were like two diamonds bright

D
And golden was her hair

G
And golden was her hair, me boys

C
As she turned to leave that day

G                    C
I swore I would stay true to her

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away!"

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

C            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
Oh, dark and dismal was the day

C
When my love left the land

G
She bade goodbye, with tearful eye

D
and waved her lily hand

G
And waved her lily hand, me boys

C
As the big ship left the bay,

G                 C
“Adieu” Says she “remember me,

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away!”

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

C            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
Well, I wish I was a bosun bold

C
Or even a bombardier

G
I'd build a boat and away I'd float

D
And straight for me true love steer;

G
And straight for me true love steer, me boys

C
Where the dancing dolphins play,

G                                C
Where the whales and sharks have all their larks

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

C            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
Oh the sun may shine through the London fog

C
Or the river run quite clear,

G
Or the ocean brine turn into wine

D
Or I'll forget my beer

G
Or I'll forget my beer, me lads

C
Or the landlord's quarter-pay

G                     C
But I won't forget my own sweetheart

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

C            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.

G
So blow the winds heigh-ho!

C
A-roving I will go.

G
I'll stay no more on England's shore

D
to hear the music play

G
I'm off on the bounding main

C
and I won't be back again.

G                         C
For I’m on the move to my one true love,

G            D     G
Ten thousand miles away.