Rolling Down To Old Maui chords by Stan Rogers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
    Dm     A       F    A     F     C   Dm
It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whaler-men undergo
          A       F    A     F    C     Dm
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done, how hard the winds did blow
     Dm           C          F          A
For we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground with a good ship, taut and free
    Dm      A      F     A      F    C   Dm
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls of old Maui

Chorus:
    F      C           Dm       A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   Dm    A       F   A        F    C   Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui

Verse:
   Dm   A       F     A        F    C    Dm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale through the ice and wind and rain
       A      F    A     F     C   Dm
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon shall see again
  Dm          C         F       A
Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka sea
  Dm    A       F   A        F    C    Dm
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui

Chorus:
    F      C           Dm       A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   Dm    A       F   A        F    C   Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


Verse:
   Dm   A       F     A    F     C    Dm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale, towards our island home
       A      F    A     F    C     Dm
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam
  Dm         C         F         A
Our stu'n's'l booms is carried away, what care we for that sound?
 Dm   A    F   A     F     C    Dm
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound!

Chorus:
    F      C           Dm       A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   Dm    A       F   A        F    C   Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


Verse:
   Dm   A         F   A       F   C   Dm
How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern
       A     F    A      F    C   Dm
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return
   Dm         C           F        A
Even now their big brown eyes look out, hoping some fine day to see
  Dm    A      F    A        F    C   Dm
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui

Chorus:
    F      C           Dm       A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   Dm    A       F   A        F    C   Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui
    F      C           Dm       A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   Dm    A       F   A        F    C   Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui