• Song:

    Jolly Roving Tar

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

  • Album:

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Capo 3

DGBmA5
DGB5 AD5
D5 (x3) A5

D5                  G5
Ships may come and ships may go
   A5                    D5
As long as the sea does roll.
                     G5
Each sailor lad just like his dad,
   A5                 D5
He loves the flowing bowl.

                   G5
A trip on shore he does adore
       B5                  A5
With a girl who's nice and round.
         D5
When the money's gone
     G5
It's the same old song,
     B5       A5         D5
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"

                            G5
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
        B5                  A5
There's lots of grog in the jar.
      D5                G5
We'll plough the briny ocean
         B5    A5      D5
With the jolly roving tar.

D5 (x3) A5

     D5                   G5
When Jack comes in, it's then he'll steer
   A5                 D5
To some old boarding house.
                         G5
They'll welcome him with rum and gin,
    A5                D5
And feed him on pork scouse.

                            G5
He'll lend, spend and he'll not offend
          B5                 A5
Till he's lyin' drunk on the ground
         D5
When the money's gone
     G5
It's the same old song,
     B5       A5         D5
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"

                            G5
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
        B5                  A5
There's lots of grog in the jar.
      D5                G5
We'll plough the briny ocean
         B5    A5      D5
With the jolly roving tar.

D5 (x3) A5

                  G5
Jack, he then, oh then he'll sail
      A5                D5
Bound down for Newfoundland
                       G5
All the ladies fair in Placentia there
     A5                D5
They love that sailor man.

                      G5
He'll go to shore out on a tear
          B5              A5
And he'll buy some girl a gown.
         D5
When the money's gone
     G5
It's the same old song,
     B5       A5         D5
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"

                            G5
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
        B5                  A5
There's lots of grog in the jar.
      D5                G5
We'll plough the briny ocean
         B5    A5      D5
With the jolly roving tar.

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DGB5 AD5
D5 (x3) A5

     D5                 G5
When Jack gets old and weatherbeat,
    A5            G5
Too old to roam about,
        D5               G5
They'll let him stop in some rum shop
     A5                     D5
Till eight bells calls him out.

           D5                 G5
Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skies,
       B5                    A5
Sayin' "Boys, we're homeward bound."
         D            [If you want, you can keep playing here, but you're]
When the money's gone     [supposed to do the rest of the verse a capella]
     G5
It's the same old song,
     B5       A5         D5
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"

                            G5
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
        B5                  A5
There's lots of grog in the jar.
      D5                G5
We'll plough the briny ocean
         B5    A5      D5
With the jolly roving tar.

                            G5
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
        B5                  A5
There's lots of grog in the jar.
      D5                G5
We'll plough the briny ocean
         B5    A5      D5
With the jolly roving tar.

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DGB5 AD5
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