Intro C
Verse
F C
They will take us from the moorings
F C
They will tow us down the Bay
G C
They will pluck us up to windward when we sail
F C
We will hear the keen wind whistle
F C
We will feel the sting of spray
G C
When we've seen the deep-sea pilot o'er the rail
Verse
F G C
Then it's Johnnie heave and start her
F G C
Then it's Johnnie roll and go
F G C
When the mates have picked the watches
G C
There is little rest for Jack
F C
We will sing the good old Chorus
F C
That the Homeward Bounders know
G
For the girls have got the towrope
F C G C G C F C
And they're hauling in the slack
Verse
F C
Through the dusty streets and dismal
F C
Through the noises of the town
G C
You can hear the West wind humming through the shrouds
F C
And we'll see the lightning leaping
F C
As the tropic suns go down
G C
And the dapple of the shadows on the clouds
Verse
F G C
And the salt blood dances in us
F G C
To the tune of Homeward Bound
F G C
To the call to weary watches
G C
To the sheet and to the tack
F C
When they bid us man the capstan
F C
All hands will walk her round
G
For the girls have got the tow-rope
F C G C G C F C
And they're hauling in the slack
Verse
F C
Through the sunshine of the tropics
F C
Round the bleak and dreary Horn
G C
Half across the sleepy planet lies our way
F C
And we'll leave the land behind us
F C
Like a welcome long outworn
G C
When we see the reeling mastheads swing and sway
Verse
F G C
Through the weather fair and stormy
F G C
Through the calm and in the gale
F G C
We will heave and haul to help her
G C
We will keep her on her track
F C
And we'll sing the good old chanties
F C
As all hands are making sail
G
For the girls have got the tow-rope
F C
And they're hauling in the slack
Outro
G C
Heave away (haul away)
G C
Haul away (haul away)
G C
Heave away (heave away)
G C
Haul away (haul away)