De Hamborger Veermaster Chords

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De Hamborger Veermaster by Freddy Quinn is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			    A                     ( D    E       A   ) 
Ick heff mol en ham-bor-ger veer-ma-ster sehn 
        E               E 
To my   hoo-dah to my   hoo-dah 
    A                      ( D     E        A   ) 
De  ma-sten so scheev as den schip-per sien been, 
      ( E        E7    )  A 
To my   hoo-dah, hoo-dah, ho! 

A           A         D            A 
Blow, boys, blow, for ca-li-for-ni-o, 
        D                  A 
There’s plenty of gold, so i am told, 
       A             ( E7  A ) 
On the banks of sa-cra-men-to. 

A           A         D            A 
Blow, boys, blow, for ca-li-for-ni-o, 
        D                  A 
There’s plenty of gold, so i am told, 
       A             ( E7  A ) 
On the banks of sa-cra-men-to. 

   A           ( D  E   A   ) 
As i was walking on the quay 
        E               E 
End the hoo-dah end the hoo-dah 
  A              ( D        E  A  ) 
A beautiful girl i chanced  to see 
      ( E        E7    ) A 
End the hoo-dah  hoo-dah day 

A           A         D            A 
Blow, boys, blow, for ca-li-for-ni-o, 
        D                  A 
There’s plenty of gold, so i am told, 
       A             ( E7  A ) 
On the banks of sa-cra-men-to. 


  A           ( D  E      A   ) 
I said good bye in a went away 
        E               E 
End the hoo-dah end the hoo-dah 
  A                ( D      E  A   ) 
Although with her i  longed to stay 
      ( E        E7    )  A 
End the hoo-dah  hoo-dah day 

A           A         D            A 
Blow, boys, blow, for ca-li-for-ni-o, 
        D                  A 
There’s plenty of gold, so i am told, 
       A             ( E7  A ) 
On the banks of sa-cra-men-to. 

A           A         D            A 
Blow, boys, blow, for ca-li-for-ni-o, 
        D                  A 
There’s plenty of gold, so i am told, 
       A             ( E7  A ) 
On the banks of sa-cra-men-to.
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante