A Hundred Years Ago chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyKJKMzNRwc

Verse 1:
 Am          Em   D
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G    D      Am
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 2:
  Am      Em     D
Oh, when I sailed across the sea,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G     D    Am
My girl said she'd be true to me.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 3:
 Am       Em   D
I promised her a golden ring,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G    D   Am
She promised me that little thing.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 4:
 Am       Em     D
I wish to God I'd never been born,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G      D     Am
To go rambling round and round Cape Horn
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 5:
 Am     Em       D
Around Cape Stiff where the wild winds blow,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G     D       Am
Around Cape Stiff through sleet and snow.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 6:
 Am          Em   D
Around Cape Horn with frozen sails,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G     D   Am
Around Cape Horn to fish for whales.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 7:
  Am       Em  D
Oh, Bully John from Baltimore,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G    D     Am
I knew him well on the Eastern Shore.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 8:
  Am         Em   D
Oh, Bully John was the boy for me,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G    D     Am
A bucko on land and a bully at sea.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 9:
  Am      Em    D
Oh, Bully John, I knew him well,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G    D    Am
But now he's dead and gone to hell.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 10:
   Am      Em    D
It's up aloft this yard must go,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G   D    Am
For mister mate has told us so.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 11:
 Am         Em   D
I thought I heard the skipper say,
Am D  Am
Oh, yes, oh!
   G    D        Am
Just one more pull and then belay.
 D    G   D
A hundred years ago.


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