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The Pogues - Sea Shanty Ukulele

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Sea Shanty Ukulele

(ver. 1)
The Pogues
***SEA SHANTY - by Shane MacGowan

Sea Shanty - as perfomed by The Pogues

     C
Dear dirty London in the pouring rain
  C                                  F
I wish to God I was back on the sea again
       C
Though that belongs to the world of never will be
          C                                     F
there was never a wilder bastard than me on the sea

	C		          F
I could f**k all the whores in damnation me boys
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Though they wriggled and hollered and made a great noise
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Then I'd drink 'til I stank and then drink plenty more
      C		           F
And I won't go down to the sea any more
	 C		         F
But if I had ten pounds then I'd raise a loud cheer
	C			     F
And I'd toast all me neighbours both distant and dear
	C			        F
And I'd shoot back great belly-crippling buckets of beer
      C		             F
And a pox and a curse on the people round here
	 C		         F
Wouldn't give you the price of a half pint of beer
	 C		         F
Wouldn't give you the price of a cup of good cheer
  C			 F
A pox and a curse on the people round here

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A man's ambition must indeed be small to write his name upon a sh*thouse wall
But before I die I'll add my regal scrawl to show the world I'm left with sweet f**k all

And when all of us bold sh*thouse poets do die
A monument grand they will raise to the sky
A monument made just to mark our great wit
A monument of solid sh*t now me boys
I met with Bill James we fought over crusts
He called me a whore and I booted his crutch
Then we shared out the jack and we thought it a treat
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet
The compliments pass when the quality meet

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