[Intro ]= D G C F 


[Refrão]

        C 
All the nice girls love a sailor 
        F          Fdim   F 
All the nice girls love a tar 
            D                 G 
For there's something about a sailor 
                           C 
Well you know what sailors are 

Bright and breezy free and easy 
         F       E7        F 
He's the ladies' pride and joy 
            D 
He falls in love with Kate and Jane  
          G 
Then he's off to sea again 
      C         F   C F C 
Ship ahoy ship ahoy 

verse 1 
         F        
When the man o' war or merchant ship comes sailing into port 
    C                       F 
The jolly tar with joy will sing out land ahoy 
F 
With his pockets full of money and a parrot in a cage 
   G                                               C 
He smiles at all the pretty girls upon the landing stage 


[Refrão]
 
        C 
All the nice girls love a sailor 
        F          Fdim   F 
All the nice girls love a tar 
            D                 G 
For there's something about a sailor 
                           C 
Well you know what sailors are 

Bright and breezy free and easy 
         F       E7        F 
He's the ladies' pride and joy 
            D 
He falls in love with Kate and Jane  
          G 
Then he's off to sea again 
      C         F   C F C 
Ship ahoy ship ahoy 

verse 2 
        F 
He will spend his money freely and he's generous to his pals 
      C                          F 
While Jack has got a sou there's half of it for you 
F 
And it's just the same in love and war he goes through with a smile 
    G                                               C 
And you can trust a sailor he's a white man all the while 


[Refrão]
 
        C 
All the nice girls love a sailor 
        F          Fdim   F 
All the nice girls love a tar 
            D                 G 
For there's something about a sailor 
                           C 
Well you know what sailors are 

Bright and breezy free and easy 
         F       E7        F 
He's the ladies' pride and joy 
            D 
He falls in love with Kate and Jane  
          G 
Then he's off to sea again 
      C         F   C F 
Ship ahoy ship ahoy