5 Chords used in the song: C, F, Am, G, G7

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F
Dm
As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair,
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F
C
to view the salt waters and take the salt air,
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I heard an old fisherman singing a song,
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C
'Oh take me away boys, me time is not long'.
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Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
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C
no more on the docks I'll be seen.
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Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
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and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green.
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NowA#iddler's Creen is a place I've heard tell,
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where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell.
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Where the skies are all clear and the dolphins do play,
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and the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away.
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Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale,
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and the fish jump on board with one swish of their tail.
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Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do,
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and the skipper's below making tea for the crew.
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When you get back on docks and the long trip is through,
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C
there's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there, too.
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Where the girls are all pretty and the beer it is free,
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and there's bottles of rum growing from every tree.
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Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me,
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C
just give me a breeze on a good rolling sea.
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I'll play me old squeezebox as we sail along,
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C
with the wind in the rigging to sing me a song.
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