The Coal Boat Song Chords
The Coal Boat Song by Stompin' Tom Connors is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D
I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
A7
for St. John's Newfoundland
I met a little girl named Sally
D
And I took her by her little white hand
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
G
I won't go along with your plan
D
You been workin' on the coal boat boy
A7 D
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man
G D
You been workin' on the coal boat boy
A7 D
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man
D
Spoken ...Well I had to think of something real fast ya know
D
Yeah well I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats,
A7
I wanna live in Newfoundland
I'll buy a suit & get married,
D
put a ring upon your little white hand
She nodded her head & said "Ok, Fred",
G
Sall went along with the plan
D
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
A7 D
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man
G D
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
A7 D
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man
D
It was sometime later on the Coal Boat
A7
I got a little letter from home
Sally said Freddy was a good boy,
D
but the little beggar wanted to roam
She said, "It's too bad he's got you for a dad
G
And I hope that you feel real grand.
D
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
A7 D
to be just like his dirty old man"
G D
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
A7 D
to be just like his dirty old man"
D
I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
A7
for St. John's Newfoundland
I met a little girl named Sally
D
And I took her by her little white hand
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
G
I won't go along with your plan
D
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
A7 D
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
G D
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
A7 D
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
D
So come all young fellars on the coal boat,
A7
I hope you're gonna understand
If you got a pretty little girlfriend
D
and ya takes her by the little white hand
If she turns her back & says "No way Jack,
G
I won't go along with Yer plan"
D
Just keep workin on the coal boats boy
A7 D
if ya wants to be a dirty old man
G D
Just keep workin on the coal boat boy
A7 D
And you'll be nothin' but a dirty old man