Verse 1
Am                  G      Em 
As I walked down on London Street 
  Am         G       Am         Em 
A press gang there I chanced to meet 
     Am              G        Em 
They asked me if I'd join the fleet 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys 
 
Verse 2
Am                     G       Em 
Come brother shipmates tell me true 
Am           G         Am        Em 
What kind of treatment they give you 
     Am         G        Em 
That I may know before I go 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys 
 
Verse 3
Am                  G      Em 
When I got there to my surprise 
    Am        G           Am       Em 
All that they told me was shocking lies 
Am                    G         Em 
There was a row and a jolly old row 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys 
 
Verse 4
Am                             G          Em 
The first thing they done they took me in hand 
     Am        G      Am       Em 
They lashed me with a tar of a strand 
     Am                G         Em 
They flogged me till I could not stand 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys 
 
Verse 5
Am                       G               Em 
Now I was married and me wife's name was Grace 
      Am       G         Am       Em 
'Twas she that led me to shocking delate 
     Am                    G   Em 
twas she that caused me to go away 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys 
 
Verse 6
Am                 G       Em 
When next I get my foot on shore 
   Am       G      Am         Em 
To see them London girls once more 
     Am          G      Em 
I'll never go to sea no more 
   Am         Em         Am 
On board of a man-o-war, boys