...FARE AWAY... by The Main Street Singers
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*from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)*
Intro:
G C C/B D G
Verse 1:
G C G
Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard,
C C/B A/C# D
Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard.
G C G
Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn,
C C/B D G
I'm the cabin boy; call me Jim.
D G
(His name's Jim).
Chorus 1:
G
Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D C/G G
Of the wily wha...le.
Verse 2:
G C G
Captain's stalking the quarter-deck,
C C/B A/C# D
Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
G C G
Castaway with a case of rum,
C C/B D G
Hoped that rescue would never come.
D G
(Never come).
Chorus 2:
G
Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D G
Of the wily whale.
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D
Of the wi-ly, wi-ly...
Interlude:
(Penny Whistle)
G Em D/F# G
C C/B A/C# D,
G Em D/F# G
C C/B C C/B Am
Em D/F# G
C C/B Am E
(Faster):
C A/C# D G
Verse 3:
G C G
First mate Adam's a hardened man,
C C/B A/C# D
Says the captain's a charla-tan.
G C G
Don't know tackle from futtock plates,
C C/B D G
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.
Chorus 3:
G
Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D C/G G
Of the wily wha...le.
Verse 4:
G C G
I been sailin' these seven seas,
C C/B A/C# D
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees.
G C G
Come next April I'm sixty-three,
C C/B C C/B
I can't ad-vance! (I like short pants!)
C C/B D G
Safe in the cabin on the o-pen sea.
Chorus 4:
G
Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D G
Of the wily whale.
C C/B
To the fur-be-low,
D
Of the wi-ly,
C/G G
Wi-ly wha...le.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G C C/B D A/C#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32010 x20010 xx0232 x42220
Em D/F# Am E
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 2x0230 x02210 022100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)