Harvey Andrews

The Navys In Dock(Chords)

Harvey Andrews

Key: Em

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verse 1 
 
 Em 
'Watch for the sailor,' say frightened old ladies  
     Am 
He's terrorizing the town  
D 
Handsome and sprightly though he's nearly ninety  
     Em 
He's never slowing down  

The language he'll use when he's been on the booze  
    Am                                              D 
The stories he'd tell, well, they'd never choose to listen  
                                                Em 
But sometimes they glance at their husbands and sigh  
       D                    C         D              Em  C D Em  C D 
For an old salt sea-dog who winks and gives them the eye  
 
verse 2 
 
     Em 
When we were in dock  
     C               D            Em         C D 
We'd flock where the whores go in Rotterdam  
   Em 
In old navy blue  
     C          D             Em          C D 
We'd drink to a new love with every dram  
        C                   D  
And the blousy hostesses in short frilly dresses  
    B7           Em 
The young and old___ 
       Am                 D 
They'd seen it before, in peace and in war  
            Em 
They'd been bought and sold  

        Am 
And the bars never close 
             D                    G      D    Em 
Till they've taken your money for rotgut booze 
         C 
And your head hits the ground 
        D                           G        D   Em 
And the world's spinning round in a game you lose  
        Am 
And you cry out the pain 
        D                    G      D    Em 
But you shell out again for another glass  
        F#7 
And you pray that the morning will come 
                     B             B7 
And the ache in your head will pass  


Em  C D X4  
 
verse 3 

    Em 
The ladies display  
      C          D          Em         C D 
Every day in the windows of Amsterdam  
    Em 
Whatever your dream  
           C            D              Em             C D 
You're the cat with the cream when the shutters slam  
        C                            D  
And the guilt that you feel when you find it's not real 
      B7       Em 
Is an old, old friend  
        Am                       D 
And you say, 'Not again, well maybe, now and then' 
        Em 
Will it never end?  

Am And the bars never close D G D Em Till they've taken your money for rotgut booze C And your head hits the ground D G D Em And the world's spinning round in a game you lose Am And you cry out the pain D G D Em But you shell out again for another glass F#7 And you pray that the morning will come B B7 And the ache in your head will pass
Em C D (X4) verse 4 Em C My salt sailor days are a haze D Em C D There's a red light to show the way Em When you're battered and bruised C D Em C D You forget who abused you, that's yesterday C D Here on the land with a glass in my hand B7 Em If a wish were mine Am D I'd be back on a ship and I'd take me a trip Em To the good old time
Am Where the bars never close D G D Em Till they've taken your money for rotgut booze C And your head hits the ground D G D Em And the world's spinning round in a game you lose Am And you cry out the pain D G D Em But you shell out again for another glass F#7 And you pray that the morning will come B B7 And the ache in your head will pass Em For when we were in dock C D Em We'd flock where the whores go in Rotterdam, in Rotterdam, in Rotterdam

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