Fair Maid Sailor chords by Traditional

Verse 1:
C               F
When I was a young girl at the age of sixteen
C             F        G
From my home I ran away to go and serve the queen
 G          C
I listed in the Navy a sailor lad to stand
  F        C       F   G    C
To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand
  G            C       G
The music play so grand, the music play so grand
  F        C       F   G    C
To hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand


Verse 2:
 C               F
I dressed myself in trousers and cut my hair of short
    C             F        G
Then I went down to the harbor to see the ships in port
  G             C
The officer who listed me said we need every hand
 F          C     F     G     C
I think you’ll make a sailor, so step this way young man
  G              C          G
So step this way young man, so step this way young man
 F          C     F     G     C
I think you’ll make a sailor, so step this way young man

Verse 3:
  C               F
He took me to me bunk mates down where the hammocs sway
  C             F     G
And lying by a sailor’s side I never was afraid
  G               C
But taking off my old blue coat I sometimes used to smile
  F        C      F   G    C
To think my self a sailor and a maiden all the while
 G            C       G
A maiden all the while, a maiden all the while
  F       C      F   G    C
To think myself a sailor and a maiden all the while


Verse 4:
   C            F
They sent me up to London to be gurad o’r the tower
  C                  F      G
And there I wolud I have been until this very day and hour
   G                  C
But a young girl fell in love with me and found I was a maid
     F         C       F   G   C
She went straightway to my captain and my secret she betrayed
  G            C      G
My secret she betrayed, my secret she betrayed
     F         C       F   G   C
She went straight way to my captain and my secret she betrayed


Verse 5:
C              F
My captain he sent for me to see if it were true
  C               F     G
And how could I deny the tale that he already knew
     G             C
Here’s a pension of war for you, he smiled and he said
    F       C        F   G   C
It’s a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made
    G             C       G
Such a sailor as you made, such a sailor as you made
    F       C        F   G   C
It’s a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made


Verse 6:
  C               F
So fare thee well my captain, you have been kind to me
  C                F         G
And fare thee well my comrades, you ne’er forgot shall be
  G              C
And should the British nay fall short of any men,
     F     C         F    G    C
I’ll doff off my hat feathers and I’ll run the rigging again
   G              C        G
I’ll run the rigging again, I’ll run the rigging again
     F       C      F    G    C