Drunken Sailor Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Em
Capo:	no capo

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4 contributors total, last edit on Mar 17, 2021

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Tabbed from this video https://youtu.be/prYlBIvKGOA
 
[Intro]
Drums only
 
[Verse 1]
N.C.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
N.C.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
N.C.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
N.C.
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Verse 2]
Em
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
D
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Em
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Verse 3]
Em
Put him in a longboat till he's sober
D
Put him in a longboat till he's sober
Em
Put him in a longboat till he's sober
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Instrumental]
| Em    | Em  D   | Em    | A   D   | Em    | Em  D   | Em    | A  D  |
| D  A  | D   D/A | D  A  | D   D/A | D  A  | D   D/A | G N.C.| N.C.  |
 
[Verse 4]
Em
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe on him
D
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe on him
Em
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe on him
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Verse 5]
Em
Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
D
Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
Em
Put him in the bed with the captain's daughter
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Verse 6]
Em
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
D
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
Em
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
[Chorus]
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
 
Em
Way hay and up she rises
D
Way hay and up she rises
Em
Way hay and up she rises
G     D      Em
Early in the morning
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9 comments

You might want to fingerpick it like this, instead of just strumming the chords - it sounds very cool this way: [tab] e|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0-| B|---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---3---3---0---0-| G|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0-| D|-----------------0-------0-----------------------0---------------| A|-----2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------2---| E|-0-------0-----------------------0-------0---------------0-------| [/tab] And just repeat this throughout the song - enjoy :)

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the spelling is weigh heigh... not way hay

Maxklein84 has it right !!