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Intro: C
Verse
F C
Here I am, man, all alone again
G C
Anchored aweigh, the hell and gone again
F C
Another mile from another town
G C
The wind north-east, the rain coming down
F C
Home is the sailor, home from the sea
G C
Leave the home for the mildew, friend to the flea
G C
I don't care, man, I'm happy
F C
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome
G C
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom
F C
I love her well and she must love me
G C
But I think it's only for my money
Instrumental:
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Verse
F C
No more tobacco, no more cheese
G C
I'm sprung in the back and lame in the knees
F C
It's a damned good thing I'm easy to please
G C
There ain't nothing in town on a Sunday
G C
I don't care, man, I'm happy
F C
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome
G C
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom
F C
I love her well and she must love me
G C
But I think it's only for my money
F C
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
F C
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental
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Verse
F C
Oh, but I got milk and I got ice
G C
A little home-made bread, a little old, but nice
F C
Everybody puts their cooking hat on
G C
When you tell 'em you're leaving in the morning
G C
I don't care, man, I'm happy
F C
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome
G C
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom
F C
I love her well and she must love me
G C
But I think it's only for my money
F C
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
F C
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental
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F C G C
Verse
F C
You know, I got coffee, I got tea
G C
I got the beans and the beans got me
F C
I got tuna fish, I got rum
G C
I got a two-pound splinter in my thumb
Bridge
F C
So I'll take my toddy and my vitamin C
Dm G
And the radio for my company
C F G C
Oh, me, I got the hydrogen peroxide blues
G C
I don't care, man, I'm happy
F C
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome
G C
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom
F C
I love her well and she must love me
G C
But I think it's only for my money
F C
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
F C
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going
G C
But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental
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F C G C
Verse
F C
Well mercy, mercy, I do declare
G C
If half the fun of going is the getting there
F C
Mercy, Percy, you better start rowing
G C
'Cause the other half of getting there is going
Written by Gordon Bok/Traditional