The Longest Johns – Old Maui (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Em B7 G D It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife Em B7 Em We whalermen undergo. Em B7 G D And we won't give a damn when the gales are done Em B7 Em How hard the winds did blow. G D For we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground Em B7 With a good ship, taut and free. Em B7 G D And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum Em B7 Em With the girls of Old Maui.
[Chorus]
G D Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys Em B7 Rolling down to Old Maui. Em B7 G D We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui.
[Verse 2]
Em B7 G D Once more we sail with the northerly gale Em B7 Em Through the ice, and wind and rain. Em B7 G D Them coconut fronds and tropical shores Em B7 Em We soon shall see again. G D For six hellish months we've passed away Em B7 On the cold Kamchatka Sea. Em B7 G D But now we're bound from the Arctic ground Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui.
[Chorus]
G D Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys Em B7 Rolling down to Old Maui. Em B7 G D We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui.
[Verse 3]
Em B7 G D Once more we sail with the northerly gale Em B7 Em Towards our island home. Em B7 G D Our whaling done, our mainmast sprung, Em B7 Em And we ain't got far to roam. G D Our stuns'l bones is carried away, Em B7 What care we for that sound? Em B7 G D A living gale is after us, Em B7 Em Thank God we're homeward bound.
[Chorus]
G D Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys Em B7 Rolling down to Old Maui. Em B7 G D We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui.
[Verse 4]
Em B7 G D How soft the breeze through the island trees, Em B7 Em Now the ice is far astern. Em B7 G D Them native maids, them tropical glades Em B7 Em Is a-waiting our return. G D Even now their big brown eyes look out Em B7 Hoping some fine day to see Em B7 G D Our baggy sails runnin' 'fore the gales Em B7 Em Rolling down to old Maui.
[Chorus]
G D Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys Em B7 Rolling down to Old Maui. Em B7 G D We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui. G D Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys Em B7 Rolling down to Old Maui. Em B7 G D We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, Em B7 Em Rolling down to Old Maui.