The Longest Johns – Spanish Ladies (Guitar)

    Em                G            Bm
Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish Ladies,

    Em                     G         D
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;

    Em             D             G            Bm
For we've received orders for to sail for ol' England,

       C         Bm            Em
But we hope very soon we shall see you again.

      Em                       G            Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

      Em                      G           Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

  G             D                G              Bm
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;

     C         D           Bm         Em
From Ushant to Scilly it's thirty five leagues.

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We hove our ship to with the wind at sou'west, boys

   Em                    G            D
We hove our ship to, our soundings to see;

   Em          D            G          Bm
We rounded and sounded, got forty five fathoms,

      C                  Bm         Em
Then we squared our main yard and up channel steered we

      Em                       G            Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

      Em                      G           Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

  G             D                G              Bm
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;

     C         D           Bm         Em
From Ushant to Scilly it's thirty five leagues.

    Em                      G          Bm
The next land we made t'was called the Deadman,

     Em                          G            Bm
Next Rame Head off Plymouth, off Portland the Wight;

        G         D          G           Bm
Then we sailed by Beachy, by Fairlee and Dungeness,

        C     D             Em
'til we came abreast of the South Foreland light.

      Em                       G            Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

      Em                      G           Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

  G             D                G              Bm
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;

     C         D           Bm         Em
From Ushant to Scilly it's thirty five leagues.

         Em                      G              Bm
Then the signal was made for the Grand Fleet to anchor,

    Em                    G            Bm
Dnd all in the Downs that night for to lie;

          Em            D               G                Bm
Then it's stand by your stoppers, steer clear your shank-painters,

     C           Bm           Em
Haul up your clewgarnets, let tacks and sheets fly!

      Em                       G            Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

      Em                      G           Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

  G             D                G              Bm
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;

     C         D           Bm         Em
From Ushant to Scilly it's thirty five leagues.

   Em                 G          Bm
So let every man toss off a full bumper,

    Em                  G         Bm
and let every man drink up a full glass;

      Em           D         G          Bm
We'll drink and be merry and drown melancholy,

        C             Bm                          Em
Singing here's a good health to each true-hearted lass!

      Em                       G            Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

      Em                      G           Bm
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

  G             D                G              Bm
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;

     C         D           Bm          E
From Ushant to Scilly it's thirty five leagues.