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Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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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.