Transcribed from a magnificent performance from June Tabor for the BBC
backed by Martin Simpson and others




Standard tuning capo 2


Intro
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E5   C5   D5   G5
E5   C5   D5   G5

Verse 1
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               G5
Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea

                           D5
The weary night never worries me

                G5                C5
But the hardest time in a sailor's day

                E5 C5      D5      G5
Is to watch the sun as it dies a-way

                E5         C5    D5      G5
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

E5   C5   D5   G5


Verse 2
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           G5
The finest ship that sails the sea

                                   D5
Is still a prison for the likes of me

            G5               C5
But give me wings like Noah's dove

            E5     C5       D5      G5
I'll fly up harbour to the girl I love

                  E5         C5    D5      G5
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

E5   C5   D5   G5


Verse 3
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                            G5
Oh Lord if dreams were only real

                                 D5
I'd have my hands on that wooden wheel

                G5                C5
And with all my heart I'd turn her round

             E5  C5           D5       G5
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound

                  E5         C5    D5      G5
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

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(as the verse)

G5   D5   G5   C5
E5  C5   D5     G5
E5  C5   D5     G5


Verse 4
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I'll pass the time like some machine

                         D5
Until the waters turn to green

                   G5              C5
Then I'll dance on down that walk a-shore

             E5  C5       D5       G5
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more

             E5          C5    D5  G5
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more