Intro = D G C F
C
All the nice girls love a sailor
F Fdim F
All the nice girls love a tar
D G
For there's something about a sailor
C
Well you know what sailors are
Bright and breezy free and easy
F E7 F
He's the ladies' pride and joy
D
He falls in love with Kate and Jane
G
Then he's off to sea again
C F C F C
Ship ahoy ship ahoy
verse 1
F
When the man o' war or merchant ship comes sailing into port
C F
The jolly tar with joy will sing out land ahoy
F
With his pockets full of money and a parrot in a cage
G C
He smiles at all the pretty girls upon the landing stage
C
All the nice girls love a sailor
F Fdim F
All the nice girls love a tar
D G
For there's something about a sailor
C
Well you know what sailors are
Bright and breezy free and easy
F E7 F
He's the ladies' pride and joy
D
He falls in love with Kate and Jane
G
Then he's off to sea again
C F C F C
Ship ahoy ship ahoy
verse 2
F
He will spend his money freely and he's generous to his pals
C F
While Jack has got a sou there's half of it for you
F
And it's just the same in love and war he goes through with a smile
G C
And you can trust a sailor he's a white man all the while
C
All the nice girls love a sailor
F Fdim F
All the nice girls love a tar
D G
For there's something about a sailor
C
Well you know what sailors are
Bright and breezy free and easy
F E7 F
He's the ladies' pride and joy
D
He falls in love with Kate and Jane
G
Then he's off to sea again
C F C F
Ship ahoy ship ahoy