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T T = right hand thumb for optional alternate bass     fingers 1, 2, 3, of right hand claw top 3 thin strings

number = left hand finger   X = silent string when strumming   O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

Left palm     2   1 | 3   | | | 4 T | | | | | | | | |

Em   T T O_ _ _O_O_O |_|_|_|_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D   T T X_X_O_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Start singing:  _ _ _ _O_ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Verse 1: [ Em ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ D ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ Em ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.  Chorus:

Chorus: [ Em ] Wey, hey and up she rises, [ D ] Wey, hey and up she rises. [ Em ] Wey, hey and up she rises, [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.

Verse 2:
[ Em ] Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, [ D ] Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him.
[ Em ] Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.  Chorus:

Verse 3:
[ Em ] Put him in the longboat until he's sober, [ D ] Put him in the longboat until he's sober.
[ Em ] Put him in the longboat until he's sober, [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.  Chorus: