Fare Away by A Mighty Wind
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1:
G                    C        G
 Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard,
C            C/B        A7       D
 Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard.
G                      C       G
 Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn,
C        C/B        D       G     D          G
 I'm the cabin boy; call me Jim. (His name's Jim).
Chorus 1:
G  
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
       C      C/B        D    C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 2:
G                       C       G
 Captain's stalking the quarter-deck,
C          C/B         A7         D
 Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
G                C       G
 Castaway with a case of rum,
C           C/B          D     G
 Hoped that rescue would never come, (never come).
Chorus 2:
G
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
       C      C/B        D    G
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale.
       C      C/B        D
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly...
 
Verse 3:
G                    C        G
 First mate Adam's a hardened man,
C         C/B         A7     D
 Says the captain's a charla-tan.
G                       C       G
 Don't know tackle from futtock plates,
      C       C/B      D         G
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.
Chorus 3:
G  
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
       C      C/B        D    C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 4:
G                     C     G
 I been sailin' these seven seas,
      C        C/B       A7        D
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees.
G                    C     G
 Come next April I'm sixty-three,
  C        C/B       C          C/B
I can't ad-vance! I like short pants! 
Am           Em           D/F# G
 Safe in the cabin on the open sea.
C            C/B          D    G
 Safe in the cabin on the open sea.
Chorus 4:
G  
 Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
       C      C/B            C      C/B
To the fur-be-low of, to the fur-be-low of.
       C      C/B        D           C/G   G
To the fur-be-low of the wily, wi-ly wha...le.