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Lukey
Great Big Sea

           <           <       <

       G               C       D

Strum: B   D     U D U D   D U D   D U

       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chord Guide
3    4 G:    3x0003	32 1 C:    x32010	132 D:    xx0232	12 Em:   022000
2  34 G/B:   x20033	231 Am:   x02210	132 D/A:   x00232	134211 F:    133211

/ G - - - / C - D - / x4

             G                       C (½)      D (½)
Well oh, Lukey's boat is painted green,
G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!
G                       C (½)      D (½)
Lukey's boat is painted green,
 Em C (½)   D (½)
The prettiest boat that you've ever seen,
G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

/ G - - - / C - D - /

              G                            C (½)      D (½)
Well oh, Lukey's boat's got a fine fore cutty,

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

  G                            C (½)      D (½)
Lukey's boat's got a fine fore cutty,

Em C (½)             D (½)
And every seam is chinked with putty,
G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

/ G - - - / C - D - /

      G                             C (½)      D (½)
Well I says "Lukey the blinds are down"

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

G                           C (½)        D (½)
I says "Lukey the blinds are down"

Em C (½)   D (½)
"Me wife is dead and she's underground"

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

       G                   C (½)      D (½)
Well I says Lukey "I don't care"

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

G                  C (½)      D (½)
I says Lukey "I don't care"

Em (hold) C (½)              D (½)
"I'll get me another in the spring of the year"

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

/ G - - - / - - - - / C - G/B - / Am - D - /

/ G - - - / - - - - / C - G/B - / D/A - G /  both lines x2

/ G - - - / - - - - / F - - - / F - - - /

/ G - - - / - - - - / C - G/B - / D/A - G /  both lines x2

       G                    C (½)      D (½)
Oh, Lukey's rolling out his grub,

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

 G                   C (½)      D (½)
Lukey's rolling out his grub,

Em C (½)        D (½)
One split pea, in a ten pound tub,

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

/ G - - - / C - D - /

             G                       C (½)            D (½)
Well, Lukey's boat's got high-topped sails,

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

 G                          C (½)            D (½)
Lukey's boat's got high-topped sails,

Em C (½)     D (½)
The sheet was planted with copper nails,

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

/ G - - - / C - D - /

             G          C (½)      D (½)
Lukey's boat is painted green,

G           C (½)    D (½)
Ha, me boys!

  G                     C (½)      D (½)
Lukey's boat is painted green,

Em C (½)            D (½)
It's the prettiest boat that you've ever seen,

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G           C (½)     D (½)     G       C (½)      D (½)
A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

G (hold)

A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.