...FARE AWAY... by The Main Street Singers
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*from A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack (2003)*
Intro:
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Verse 1:
Sun breaks over the sprits l yard,
Jib sheet s haulin to lee-ward hard.
Crosstree s hummin a mornin hymn,
I m the cabin boy; call me Jim. (His name s Jim).
Chorus 1:
(n.)
Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 2:
Captain s stalking the quarter-deck,
Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
Castaway with a case of rum,
Hoped that rescue would never come, (never come).
Chorus 2:
Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale.
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly...
Interlude: (Penny Whistle)
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(Faster):
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Verse 3:
First mate Adam s a hardened man,
Says the captain s a charla-tan.
Don t know tackle from futtock plates,
He ll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.
Chorus 3:
(n.)
Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 4:
I been sailin these seven seas,
Since I s nigh high to a mermaid s knees.
Come next April I m sixty-three,
I can t ad-vance! (I like short pants!)
Safe in the cabin on the open sea.
Safe in the cabin on the open sea.
Chorus 4:
(n.)
Fare away, fare away, under main topsail,
To the fur-be-low of, to the fur-be-low of.
To the fur-be-low of the wily, wi-ly wha...le.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32010 x20010 xx0232 x02223
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
332010 x02210 022000 2x0232 022100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (
[email protected])