Use a capo on the 2nd fret
Strum D U-D-U


Intro: | e A | X2


GOh me name's DAbel RogerGs, a shareD-man am I,
Gon a three-masDted schooner efrom TwilliAngate Isle
GI've been the wDorld over, nGorth south easDt and west,
Gbut the midDdle of nowheree's where I Alikes it best

Chorus:

G D G D (He plays G D D D)
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
GI'm as hDappy a mane as the seAa will allow
Gthere's noD other life Gfor a sailDor like me,
Gbut to sail theD salt sea, boeys, to saiAl the sea
Gthere's no other life Abut to sail tDhe salt sea

D D G A X2

Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
She’d never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea

Chorus

Ah, The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore

e e A A X4

I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again

Chorus X2