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