The Bootstrappers – Ten Thousand Miles Away Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Ten Thousand Miles Away chords by The Bootstrappers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
      A
Say', Oh for a brave
 and a gallant ship
And a fair and a
         E
favoring breeze
       A
With a bonny
crew
and a captain,
too
To carry me
 o'er
    E
the seas
   A
To carry me o'er
the seas, me boys
To me true love
    E
far away
        A
For I'm taking a
 trip on a
A
government ship
    A
Ten thousand
E      A
miles away

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!

A-rovin' I
     E
 will go
     G
I'll stay no
more on
D
Erin's shore
To hear the
         A
fiddlers play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on
  D
a government
ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away

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[Verse 2]
   A
Me own true love,
she was beautiful
Me own true love,
        E
she was young
    A
Her eyes were like
the diamonds bright
And silv'ry was
    E
her tongue
    A
And silv'ry was her
 tongue, me boys
As the big ship
         E
left the bay
        A
And she said,
      A
"will you
         A
remember me,"
     A
"Ten thousand
E     A
miles away?"

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!
                E
A-rovin' I will go
     G
I'll stay no more
   D
on Erin's shore
To hear the
         A
fiddlers play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away

[Verse 3]
        A
But, it must be
an hundred days
Since last I
       E
saw me Meg
      A
She'd a Government
band around
each
hand
And another one
           E
around her leg
    A
And another one
around
her leg, me boys
As the big ship
         E
left the bay,
      A
And I swore I
 would
   A
be true to her
    A
Ten thousand
E     A
miles away!

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!
A-rovin' I
     E
will go
     G
I'll stay no
more on
D
Erin's shore
To hear the
         A
fiddlers play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a trip
 on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away

[Verse 4]
      A
Well, I wish
I was
 a bosun bold
Or a sailor
        E
without fear
    A
I'd still build a
 boat and
away I'd float
And straight for
me true love's
E
steer;
    A
And straight for
 me
true love steer,
 me boys
Where the dancing
         E
dolphins play,
          A
Where the whales
 and
       A
sharks have all
their larks
    A
Ten thousand
E     A
miles away.

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!
A-rovin' I will
E
go
     G
I'll stay no
more
 on
D
Erin's shore
To hear the
fiddlers
 A
 play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away

[Solo]
A    E x4

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!
                E
A-rovin' I will go
     G
I'll stay no more on
D
Erin's shore
To hear the
         A
fiddlers play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away


[Verse 5]
       A
Oh the sun may
 shine
through the
 London fog
Or the river
run
      E
quite clear,
       A
Or the ocean
brine
turn into wine
Or I'll might
          E
forget my beer
        A
Or I'll might
forget my
beer, me boys
Or the landlord's
        E
quarter-pay
      A
But I won't
forget my
 A
 own true love
    A
Ten thousand
E     A
miles away.

[Chorus]
      A
Then, blow ye
winds hi-ho!
A-rovin' I
     E
will go
     G
I'll stay no
more on
D
Erin's shore
To hear the
         A
fiddlers play
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away
    A
I'm off on the
bounding main
And I won't be
     E
back again
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away
    G
I'm taking a
trip on a
D
government ship
Ten thousand
      A
miles away