'WinCarp 1.0 - By MAN & .PeM.' 'www.knottchords.net' '----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# 'This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# 'song. Please use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# {T: The Boyos} {I: L.S.U.} {A: Dogfish Jones} {D: Dsus2 = X X 0 2 3 0} {D: Asus2 = X 0 2 2 0 0} {D: Asus4 = X 0 2 2 3 0} {D: E7 = 0 2 2 1 3 0} {S: Intro:} D Dsus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 E E7 A Asus4 D Dsus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 E E7 A Asus2 A We're sailing back to Portsmouth D A We're loaded in Mexican gold The breeze is fresh, the skies are clear A Asus2 E There's rum to fight the cold A In about three weeks we'll be there D A With money in me life And then it's off to dublin E A To home and me wife {S: Chorus:} D Dsus2 A Asus2 The boyos, the boyos E The boys that won the day A And put the rogues in chains D Dsus2 A Asus2 You know the boyos, the boyos E And now it is a peaceful day A Asus2 Sailing the Spanish May A As we rounded Barbados D A And caught the homeward 'tream Comin out of the morning sun E The schooner top look trained A She's blowin faster than Hades D A Her canvas all a fly The watch dropped to the deck E A With terror in his eye A She's flyin a Jolly Roger D A She's portin forty guns She's wantin' to have her way with us E We'd better turn and run A But the cap'n said not so quick D A We're going to fight it out He came about and headed right E A Down her dirty snout {S: Chorus:} D Dsus2 A Asus2 The boyos, the boyos E The boys that won the day A And put the rogues in chains D Dsus2 A Asus2 You know the boyos, the boyos E And now it is a peaceful day A Asus2 Sailing the Spanish May A The cannons flew the smoke it flew D A Her mainmast then went crack The rogues they tried to board us E But the boyos beat them back A We fought with sword and pistol D A We grappled head to head When the air it cleared we took a count E A Of wounded and the dead A The boys that won the day you know D A And put the rogues in chains And now it is a peaceful day E Sailing the Spanish May A The Lord will surely take us home D A How thankful all we are That he always cares for us, you know E A At home or off afar {S: Repeat (4x Fade):} D Dsus2 A Asus2 The boyos, the boyos E The boys that won the day you know A And put the rogues in chains D Dsus2 A Asus2 You know the boyos, the boyos E And now it is a peaceful day A Asus2 Sailing the Spanish May