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verse 1 N.C. Not tonight of any night said the Coxwain of the crew G D G The chances of survival on a night like this are few G C G December 1940 on the coast of Donegal G Came a great north wind G That could have been the cruellest of them all G D C G 14 men were missing 18 more in great destress G Jack Boyle knew that their future in his hands had come to rest G C G He knew a man who knew the sea if any man would know G D C G We?ll show the way without delay O?Donnell said I?ll go Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m a lifeboat man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son verse 2 G The neighbours watch them gather and they cast a worried eye G D G And wondered how that lifeboat crew could possible survive G C G They all agree that some at least the greatest price would pay G And old the men shed a tear and knelt down on the ground to pray G D C G While standin on the pier with his handpicked squad of men G Jack told each of one that they might never see their homes again G C G And he told that there would be no shame if this time they said no G D C G Each traced a cross upon his brow, stepped up and said I?ll go Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m a lifeboat man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son verse 3 G Against the storm against the gale against the mighty waves G D G Those men were rightly honoured as the bravest of the brave G C G And let everyone salute them and thank god for men like these G Who would risk their lives for strangers in peril on the seas G D C G O?Donnell, Ward and Gallagher remember these names well G With the Boyles, Byrne?s and Rodgers they faced the seas from hell G C G With the waves above them crashing down and a heaving mass below G D C G God bless them everyone who made the vow to say I?ll go Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m a lifeboat man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son verse 4 G Now this volunteer lifeboat crew Illion Arranmore G D G They faced the biggest storm that they had ever seen before G C G But they brought them 18 sailors home and left them on the land G Now their safe & well and home again by the grace of god?s own hand G D C G Now the spirits soar above the waves they earned eternal rest G Surely if there?s justice they are seated with the best G C G I?d like to think in that last hour god whispered soft and low G D C G And welcomed home the eight brave men who made the vow to go Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m from Arranmore I am my father?s son
Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m a lifeboat man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son
Chorus G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m an island man I am my father?s son G C G I?ll go and do the best I can I?ll do what must be done G Em C Em G I?ll go cause I?m from Arranmore I am my father?s son
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