The Irish Rovers – Banks Of Newfoundland (Guitar)

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Irish Rovers [Intro] Bb Eb Bb F Bb [Verse 1]
   Bb            Eb      Cm     Bb            F     Bb
Ye bully boys of Belfast Town, I'll have yous to beware

     Bb                Cm      Bb       Eb          F
When you sail on them packet ships, no denim jackets wear

    Bb            F   Bb       Eb          F
but have a monkey jacket and cover up your hands

     Gm             Eb        Cm           Bb        F       Bb
for there blows cold nor'westeners on the banks of Newfoundland
[Chorus]
      Gm             F
We'll rub around and scrub around

     Eb    F        Gm
with holy stone and sand

          Bb                 Eb      Cm
and we'll say farewell to the virgin rocks

       Bb       F        Bb
on the banks of Newfoundland
[Verse 2]
     Bb                  Eb      Cm            Bb        F    Bb
Well we had Joe Lynch of Ballinahinch, Mike Murphy and some more

   Bb                  Cm          Bb          Eb            F
I tell you boys they suffered like hell, on the way to Baltimore

     Bb                    F      Bb     Eb                F
they pawned their gear in Liverpool and sailed as they did stand

         Gm                  Eb      Cm         Bb          F      Bb
and they froze to death, up there aloft, on the banks of Newfoundland
[Chorus]
      Gm             F
We'll rub around and scrub around

     Eb    F        Gm
with holy stone and sand

          Bb                 Eb       Cm
and we'll say farewell to the virgin rocks

       Bb       F        Bb
on the banks of Newfoundland
[Verse 3]
    Bb                    Eb     Cm        Bb        F    Bb
The mate he stood on the quarter deck, and loudly he did roar

      Bb                   Cm     Bb        Eb                  F
sayin rattle her around me lucky lads, were bound for America's shore

        Bb                  F              Bb         Eb                    F
Come and wipe the blood off that dead mans face, and heave for to beat the band

    Gm                 Eb      Cm          Bb      F         Bb
For there blows cold nor'westeners on the banks of Newfoundland
[Chorus]
      Gm             F
We'll rub around and scrub around

     Eb    F        Gm
with holy stone and sand

          Bb                 Eb       Cm
and we'll say farewell to the virgin rocks

       Bb       F        Bb
on the banks of Newfoundland
[Verse 4]
    Bb               Eb      Cm         Bb         F          Bb
And now we're off the hook me boys, the land's all white with snow

  Bb               Cm    Bb       Eb                F
soon we'll see the pay table, and spend all nights below

    Bb                    F       Bb          Eb                 F
and to the docks theyll come in flocks, them pretty girls will stand

            Gm                      Eb     Cm         Bb       F         Bb
sayin' it's snugger with me than it is at sea, on the banks of Newfoundland
[Chorus]
      Gm             F
We'll rub around and scrub around

     Eb    F        Gm
with holy stone and sand

          Bb                 Eb       Cm
and we'll say farewell to the virgin rocks

       Bb       F        Bb
on the banks of Newfoundland