The Longest Johns – Rolling Along (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G Cadd9 G D It's a long way to Shanghai through the vast China Sea Am Em C D The topsails are full but we're light on the breeze G Cadd9 G D With a good clip down-channel, and the passage looks calm Am Em D G And there's naught like a clipper just rolling along
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Rolling along, boys, rolling along Am Em D G And there's naught like a clipper just rolling along
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9 G D 'Tween the skeleton beach and the Cape of Good Hope Am Em C D There are sandbars and reefs, boys, they'll give you a grope G Cadd9 G D To you skippers so daring, don't act too cock-sure Am Em D G Or your ship may be wrecked and you'll sail her no more
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Sail her no more, boys, sail her no more Am Em D G Or your ship may be wrecked and you'll sail her no more
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9 G D There's pirates in waiting and storms to be tamed Am Em C D The shoals all bear names of the ships that they claimed G Cadd9 G D But under our feet the warm waters that roll Am Em D G Are blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Shining like gold, boys, shining like gold Am Em D G As blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold
[Verse 4]
G Cadd9 G D Now our cargo is loaded and we catch the dawn tide Am Em C D I can bare see the vessels I race for the prize G Cadd9 G D In the docks back in London they wait for to see Am Em D G The sails of our clipper and the first stock of tea
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G The first stock of tea, boys, first stock of tea Am Em D G For the sails of our clipper and the first stock of tea
[Verse 5]
G Cadd9 G D Catching the Westerly's haul every hand Am Em C D Pile on the canvas, drop all she can stand G Cadd9 G D For hearth and for home I hear calling me on Am Em D G And there's naught like a clipper just rolling along
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[Chorus]
N.C G Cadd9 G Rolling along, boys, rolling along Cadd9 G D G And there's naught like a clipper just rolling along Am Em D G Rolling along, boys, rolling along Cadd9 G D G And there's naught like a clipper just rolling along