Falling slowly - Glen Hansard Intro: [C] [F] [Am] [F] Verse 1: [C] I don't know you [F] but I want you [C] All the more for that [F] [C] Words fall through me [F] and always fool me [C] And I can't re-act [F] Pre-Chorus: [Am] Games that [G] never a-[F]mount to [G] more than their [Am] meant Will [G] play themselves [F] out (Getting Louder) [F] |Chorus: |[C] Take this sinking [F] boat and point it [Am] home |We've still got [F] time |[C] Raise your hopeful [F] voice you have a [Am] choice |You'll make it [F] now (Strum lightly) [F] [F] Verse 2: C F Falling slowly, eyes that know me C F And I can't go back C F Moods that take me and erase me C F And I'm painted black Pre-Chorus: [Am] You have [G] suffered e-[F]nough and [G] warred with your-[Am]self It's [G] time that you [F] won (Getting Louder) [F] |Chorus: (Strong Strums) |[C] Take this sinking [F] boat and point it [Am] home |We've still got [F] time |[C] Raise your hopeful [F] voice you have a [Am] choice |You've made it [F] now |[C] Falling slowly, [F] sing your melody [Am] |I'll sing it [F] loud Instrumental: [C] [F] [Am] [F] (Getting Quieter) [F] [F] Outro: [C] I don't know you [F] but I want you [C] All the more for that [F] [Slowing] [C*]

Fisherman's Blues (FUO Book 2) [C] - The Waterboys [Intro] [G] [F] [Am] [C] x2 [Verse 1] I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas [Am] Far away from dry land, and its [C] bitter memories [G] Casting out my sweet line with a-[F]-bandonment and love [Am] No ceiling bearing down on me, save the [C] starry sky above |[Chorus] |With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo |[G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 2] I [G] wish I was the brakeman, on a [F] hurtling fevered train Crashing [Am] headlong into the heartland, like a [C] cannon in the rain With the [G] beating of the sleepers, and the [F] burning of the coal Count-[Am]-ing the towns flashing by, in a [C] night that's full of soul |[Chorus] |With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo |[G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 3] (single strums) I know [G*] I will be loosened, from the [F*] bonds that hold me fast that the [Am*] chains all hung around me [C*] will fall away at last And on that [G*] fine and fateful day I will [F*] take thee in my hands I will [Am*] ride on the train, and I will [C*] be the fisherman |[Chorus] (resume strum pattern) |With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo |[G] [F] [Am] [C] [Verse 4] I [G] wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas [Am] Far away from dry land, and its [C] bitter memories [G] Casting you my sweet line with a-[F]-bandonment and love [Am] No ceiling bearing down on me, save the [C] starry sky above [Instrumental] [G] [F] [Am] [C] [Outro] With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms. x2 [G] [F] [Am] [C*]

Octopus’s Garden - The Beatles Intro: [C] [C] [C] [C] Verse 1: [C] I'd like to be... [Am] under the sea In an [F] octopus’ garden in the [G7] shade [C] He'd let us in... [Am] knows where we've been In his [F] octopus’s garden in the [G7] shade Verse 2: [Am] I'd ask my frie-e-ends to come and seeeeeee... [F] An octopus’ [G7] garden with me! [stop] [C] I'd like to be... [Am] under the sea, In an [F] octopus’s [G7] garden in the [C] shade Verse 3: [C] We would be warm... [Am] below the storm In our [F] little hideaway beneath the [G7] waves [C] Resting our head... [Am] on the sea bed In an [F] octopus’s garden near a [G7] cave Verse 4: [Am] We would sing and dance around [F] Because we know... we [G7] can't be found! [stop] [C] I'd like to be... [Am] under the sea... In an [F] octopus’s [G7] garden... in the [C] shade Verse 5: [C] We would shout... [Am] and swim about The [F] coral... that lies beneath the [G7] waves [C] Oh what joy... [Am] for every girl and boy [F] Knowing... they're happy and they're [G7] safe Outro: [Am] We would be so happy, you and me! [F] No one there to tell us [G7] what to do... [stop] [C] I'd like to be... [Am] under the sea In an [F] octopus’s [G7] garden... with [C] you In an [F] octopus’s [G7] garden... with [C] you In an [F] octopus’s [G7] garden... with [C] you Outro: [C - Double Strum] plus cymbals

Sailing Rod Stewart I am [C] sailing, I am [Am] sailing home a[F]gain 'cross the [C] sea I am [D] sailing stormy [Am] waters, To be [Dm] near you, [G7] to be [C] free [G7] I am [C] flying, I am [Am] flying like a [F]bird 'cross the [C] sky I am [D] flying, passing [Am] high clouds, to be [Dm] near you, [G7] to be [C] free [G7] Can ya [C] hear me, can ya [Am] hear me, thru the [F] dark night far a[C]way? I am [D] dying, forever [Am] trying to be [Dm] with you; w[G7] ho can [C] say? [G7] Can ya [C] hear me, can ya [Am] hear me, thru the [F] dark night far a[C]way? I am [D] dying, forever [Am] trying to be [Dm] with you; [G7] who can [C] say? [G7] I am [C] sailing, I am [Am] sailing home a[F]gain 'cross the [C] sea I am [D] sailing stormy [Am] waters, to be [Dm] near you, [G7] to be [C] free [G7] Oh Lord, to be [Dm7] near you, [G7] to be [C] free. [G7] Oh my Lord, to be [Dm7] near you, [G7] to be [C*] free.

Sloop John B The Beach Boys Intro: [C] [C] [C] [C] Verse 1: We [C] come on the sloop [F] John [C] B My grandfather [F] and [C] me Around Nassau town we did [G7] roam Drinking all [C] night [C7] Got into a [F] fi-i-[Dm]-ight Well I [C] feel so broke up [G7] I wanna go [C] home |Chorus: |So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail |See how the main [F] sail [C] sets |Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home |Let me go [C] home [C7] |I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome |Well I [C] feel so broke up |[G7] I wanna go [C] home Verse 2: [C] First mate he [F] got [C] drunk Broke in the [F] cap[C]tain’s trunk Constable had to come and take him a[G7]way Sheriff John [C] Stone [C7] Why don’t you leave me a-[F] lo-o-[Dm]-one Well I [C] feel so broke up [G7] I wanna go [C] home |Chorus: |So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail |See how the main [F] sail [C] sets |Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home |Let me go [C] home [C7] |I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome |Well I [C] feel so broke up |[G7] I wanna go [C] home Verse 3: The [C] poor cook he caught [F] the [C] fits Threw away all of [F] my [C] grits Then he took and ate up all of my [G7] corn Let me go [C] home [C7] I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome This [C] is the worst trip [G7] I’ve ever been [C] on |Chorus: |So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail |See how the main [F] sail [C] sets |Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home |Let me go [C] home [C7] |I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome |Well I [C] feel so broke up |[G7] I wanna go [C] home Outro: I [C] feel so broke up [G7*] I wanna go [C///] home

The Irish Rover - The Pogues with the Dubliners Intro + Kazoo: (same as first 4 lines of verse) Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do Verse 1: On the [G] Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and [C] six, We set [G] sail from the sweet cove of [D] Cork We were [G] sailing away with a cargo of [C] bricks For the [G] grand City [D] Hall in New [G] York She was a [G] wonderful craft, she was [D] rigged 'fore and aft And [G] oh how the wild winds [D] drove her She 'stood [G] several blasts, she had [Em] twenty-seven [C] masts And they [G] called her the [D] Irish [G] Rover Verse 2: We had [G] one million bags of the best Sligo [C] rags We had [G] two million barrels of [D] stones We had [G] three million sides of old blind horses' [C] hides We had [G] four million [D] barrels of [G] bones We had [G] five million hogs and [D] six million dogs [G] And seven million barrels of [D] porter We had [G] eight million bales of old [Em] nanny goats' [C] tails In the [G] hold of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver Verse 3: There was [G] Barney McGee from the banks of the [C] Lee There was [G] Hogan from County Ty-[D]rone There was [G] Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of [C] work And a [G] man from [D] Westmeath called [G] Malone There was [G] Slugger O'Toole who was [D] drunk as a rule [G] And fighting Bill Tracy from [D] Dover And your [G] man Mick McCann, from the [Em] banks of the [C] Bann Was the [G] skipper of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver Verse 4: We had [G] sailed seven years when the measles broke [C] out And our [G] ship lost her way in the [D] fog And the [G] whole of the crew was reduced down to [C] two 'Twas [G] meself and the [D] captain's old [G] dog Then the [G] ship struck a rock oh [D] Lord what a shock [G] The bulkhead was turned right [D*] over [STOP] We turned [G*] nine times around - then [Em*] the poor old dog was [C*] drowned [SHOUT 1,2,3,4] Now I'm [G] the last of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver Outro + Kazoo: (same as verse) Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do (slowing down) do do [G*] do do do do do [Em*] do do do do do [C*] do Now I'm the [G] last of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver

Wellerman/Drunken Sailor Medley There [Am] once was a ship that put to sea And the [Dm] name of the ship was the [Am] Billy of Tea The [Am] winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh [E7] blow, me bully boys, [Am] blow, huh [Chorus] [F] Soon may the [C] Wellerman come To [Dm] bring us sugar and [Am] tea and rum [F] One day, when the [C] tonguin' is done We'll [E7] take our leave and [Am] go She [Am] had not been two weeks from shore When [Dm] down on her a [Am] right whale bore The [Am] captain called all hands and swore He'd [E7] take that whale in [Am] tow, huh [Chorus] [F] Soon may the [C] Wellerman come To [Dm] bring us sugar and [Am] tea and rum [F] One day, when the [C] tonguin' is done We'll [E7] take our leave and [Am] go Be[Am]fore the boat had hit the water The[Dm] whale's tail came up and caught her All [Am] hands to the side, harpooned and fought her When [E7] she dived down be[Am]low, huh [STOP!] [COUNT 1,2,3,4] [Am] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [G] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [Am] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [Am] Sling him in the long boat 'til he's sober [G] Sling him in the long boat 'til he's sober [Am] Sling him in the long boat 'til he's sober [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [Am] Way, hey and up she rises [G] Way, hey and up she rises [Am] Way, hey and up she rises [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [Am] Shave his belly with a rusty razor [G] Shave his belly with a rusty razor [Am] Shave his belly with a rusty razor [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [Am] Way, hey and up she rises [G] Way, hey and up she rises [Am] Way, hey and up she rises [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [STOP!] [COUNT 1,2,3,4] As [Am] far as I've heard, the fight's still on The [Dm] line's not cut and the [Am] whale's not gone The [Am] Wellerman makes his regular call To [E7] encourage the Captain, [Am][stop!] crew and all [Chorus] [F]Soon may the[C] Wellerman come To [Dm] bring us sugar and [Am] tea and rum [F] One day, when the [C] tonguin' is done We'll [E7] take our leave and [Am] [stop!] go [Refrain - same melody as Wellerman Chorus] [F] Da-da da [C] da da-da [Dm] Da-da da-da-da [Am] da da-da [F] Da-da da [C] da da-da [SLOW DOWN LAST LINE] [E7] Da da da da [Am] da-da.