Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

With a lady-like devotion

She sails the bitter ocean

If it wasn't for lovesick sailors

There'd be nothin' left but flotsam

Chorus

Singin' why me oh my

Is there a better man than I

I hope you find your way back home

Before you lie high and dry

I hope you find your way back home

Before you die

Verse 2

Her sails blow like bubbles

While ya sip yer daily doubles

If she wasn't so fond of the weather

She might give the deckhands trouble

Chorus

Singin' why me oh my

Is there a better man than I

I hope you find your way back home

Before you lie high and dry

I hope you find your way back home

Before you die

Verse 3

One day when I grew older

And I found I could not hold her

She took on a fine young skipper

Who soon run her up on a boulder

Chorus

Singin' why me oh my

Is there a better man than I

I hope you find your way back home

Before you lie high and dry

I hope you find your way back home

Before you die

Verse 4

Now the pleasures of the harbor

Don't include a lady barber

If it wasn't for Long John Silver

All of us pirates would've been martyrs

CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)

Singin' why me oh my

Is there a better man than I

I hope you find your way back home

Before you lie high and dry

I hope you find your way back home

Before you die

I hope you find your way back home

A D (hold D for 4 beats)

Before you lie high and dry

I hope you find your way back home

Before you die