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47. GBS-ABoatLikeGideonBrown
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51. GBS-FastAsICan
52. GBS-FerryLandSealer
53. GBS-FishermansLament
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56. GBS-JollyRovinTar
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58. GBS-MariMac
59. GBS-Ordinaryday-Capo3rd
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62. GBS-SomethingToIt
63. GBS-StumblinIn
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69. GBS-WhenImUp-Capo5th]]> Easy Songs tricountytrail https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-237553 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-115724 Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:16:23 +0000 ps sorry about the chords shifting in the songs (use the link)

http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabsearch.php?artist=great%20big%20sea&exact=on


Jolly Roving Tar

Capo: 3rd fret

Intro: D G D A


D G
Ships may come and ships may go
A D
As long as the sea does roll
D G
Each sailor lad just like his dad
A D
He loves the flowing bowl
D G
A trip ashore he does adore
D A
With a girl who's nice and round
D
When the money's gone
G
It's the same old song
A D
Get up Jack John sit down

Chorus
D G
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
D A
There's lots of grog in the jar
D G
We'll plough the briny ocean
A D G D A
With the jolly roving tar



Jack comes in, it's then he'll steer
To some old boarding house
They'll welcome him with run and gin,
And feed him on pork scouse
He'll lend and spend and not offend
Till he's lying drunk on the ground
But when

Chorus

Jackie then ahh then he'll sail
Bound out for Newfoundland
All the ladies fair in Placentia there
They love that sailor man.
He'll go to shore out on a tear
He'll buy some girl a gown.
But when

Chorus

When Jack gets old and weatherbeat,
Too old to roam about,
They'll let him stop in some rum shop
Till eight bells calls him out.
Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skies,
Sayin' ``Boys, we're homeward bound.''
But when

Chorus (x2)








Penelope (C. Hynes)
Performed by: Great Big Sea
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Capo: 3
Intro: (a capella) Ev'ry day ay ay ay yay yah


Chords: not too complicated
A - G - D - D (over and over)


A G D
Penelope works in the market
A G D
Down in the coconut trees
A G D
She's saving up all her money (to go to)
A G D
America across the sea
A G D
She once had an uncle
A G D
He lived in Detroit town
A G D
They got all his postcards (but his)
A G D
body has never been found

A G D
Chorus: To this day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah
A G D
To this day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah
A G D
To this day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah
A G D
To this day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah


She got a job as a domestic
Workin' for the minimum wage
To all her friends back home in Jamaca (they say)
"You really got it made in the shade":
But they don't see her sweat and grind
Or her bendin' on her knees
She wishes she was back in Jamaica
Beneath the coconut trees


A G D
Chorus: Ev'ry day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah, etc.


Penelope's back in the market
She found what it was all about
Hell, no she doesn't regret it
She's just glad that she got out
But others aren't so lucky
They're there 'til the day they die
Trapped in the steel and the concrete
No beach, no moon, no sky


A G D
Chorus: Ev'ry day-ay-yay-yay-yay-yah, etc.]]> Easy Songs tricountytrail https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-115724 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-113756 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:08:23 +0000 One of the easiest Great Big Sea songs is "Goin' Up".

A good version is here:
http://www.guitaretab.com/g/great-big-sea/7328.html]]> Easy Songs tabmow https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-113756 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-113749 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:45:54 +0000
A drinking song that's good for a laugh by the campfire or at a party.

Rather than posting the tab, here's a link

http://www.guitaretab.com/s/spirit-of-the-west/18106.html

Have fun]]> Easy Songs Jbehar https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-113749 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-10541 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:04:43 +0000 Easy Songs crash1117 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/great-big-sea/#post-10541