The Coal Boat Song Chords

by Stompin' Tom Connors
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D
A7
G

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Verse 1
 
D                                                          A7
I left Cape Breton on the coal boat, for St.John's Newfoundland 
 
And I met a little girl named Sally
                                   D
And I took her by her little white hand
 
She shook h little head and said" no way Fred "
                           G
I won't go along with your plan
                      D
You bin workin on the coal boat b'y
         A7                      D
And your nothing but a dirty old man
G                     D
You bin workin on the coal boat b'y
         A7                      D
And your nothing but a dirty old man
 
"Well I had to think of something real fast ya know"
 
 
Verse 2
 
D
Ya I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats
                          A7
I want to live In Newfoundland 
 
I'll buy a suit and get married
                                  D
Put a ring apon your pretty white hand
 
She nodded her head and said "ok Fred"
                         G
Sall went along with the plan
                            D
But I'm still workin on the coal boat b'y
        A7                      D
And I'm nothing but a dirty old man
G                         D
Ya I'm still workin a the coal boat b'y
        A7                      D
And I'm nothing but a dirty old man
 
 
Verse 3
 
D
It was some time later on the coal boat 
                           A7
I got a little letter from home
 
Sally said Freddy was a good boy
                                D
but the little beggar wanted to roam
 
She said "it's to bad that he's got ya for a dad
                        G
And I hope ya feel real grand
                      D
He gone workin on the coal boat b'y
      A7                      D
To be just like his dirty old man
G                          D
Ya he's gone workin on the coal boat b'y
      A7                      D
To be just like his dirty old man
 
 
Verse 4
 
D                                                          A7
I left Cape Breton on the coal boat ,for St.John's Newfoundland
 
And good old Sally was a Waitin
                                   D
and I took Her by her little white hand
 
She shook her little head and said no way Fred
                         G
Won't go along with your plan 
                         D
You ain't gonna quit the coal boat b'y
        A7                     D
Cause I loves ya you dirty old man
G                        D
You ain't gonna quit the coal boat b'y
        A7                     D
Cause I loves ya you dirty old man
 
 
Verse 5
 
D
So come on all younge fellers on the coal boat
                       A7
I hope your gonna understand
 
If you got a pretty little girlfriend
                                 D
And ya taker by her little white hand
 
If she turns her back and says no way Jack
                           G
I won't go along with your plan
                        D
Just keep workin on the coal boat b'y
       A7                      D
If you wants to be a dirty old man 
G                       D
Just keep workin on the coal boat b'y
              A7                      D
And you'll be nothing but a dirty old man
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