[Intro: ]

G  C  C/B  D  G 

Verse 1: 

G                    C        G 
 Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard. 
C            C/B        A/C#     D 
 Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard. 
G                      C       G 
 Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn. 
C        C/B        D       G     D          G 
 I'm the cabin boy, call me Jim. (His name's Jim) 


[Refrão]
G 
 Fare away, fare away under main topsail 
       C      C/B        D    C/G   G 
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.

Verse 2: 

G                       C       G 
 Captain's stalking the quarter-deck. 
C          C/B         A/C#       D 
 Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck. 
G                C       G 
 Castaway with a case of rum. 
C           C/B          D     G     D     G 
 Hoped that rescue would never come (Never come). 


[Refrão]
G 
 Fare away, fare away under main topsail 
       C      C/B        D    G 
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale. 
       C      C/B        D     
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly

Bridge: (Penny Whistle) 

G  Em  D/F#  G  C  C/B  A/C#  D,  
G  Em  D/F#  G  C  C/B  C  C/B  Am  Em  D/F# 
G  C  C/B  Am  E 

(Faster): 

C  A/C#  D  G (Accordian joins) 

Verse 3: 

G                    C        G 
 First mate Adam's a hardened man. 
C         C/B         A/C#   D 
 Says the captain's a charla-tan. 
G                       C       G 
 Don't know tackle from futtock plates. 

      C       C/B      D         G      
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates. 

Chorus 3: 


[Refrão]
G 
 Fare away, fare away under main topsail 
       C      C/B        D    C/G   G 
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.

Verse 4: 

G                     C     G 
 I been sailin' these seven seas 
      C        C/B       A/C#      D 
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees. 
G                    C     G 
 Come next April I'm sixty-three. 
  C        C/B       C          C/B 
I can't ad-vance! (I like short pants!) 
C            C/B          D     G   
 Safe in the cabin on the o-pen sea. 


[Refrão]
G 
 Fare away, fare away under main topsail 
       C      C/B        D    G 
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale. 
       C      C/B        D            C/G   G 
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly wha...le.