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T T = alternate bass, right hand thumb    fingers 1, 2, 3, of right hand claw 3 thin strings

number = left hand finger   X = string not played   O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

Left palm     2   1 | 3   | | | 4 T | | | | | | | | |  \| | | |

Em X_T_T_O_O_O |_|_|_|_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D X_T_T_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Start singing:  _ _ _ _O_ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Verse 1: [ Em ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ D ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ Em ] What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.  Chorus:

Chorus: [ Em ] Wey, hey and up she rises, [ D ] Wey, hey and up she rises. [ Em ] Wey, hey and up she rises, [ D ] Ear-lye in the [ Em ] morning.

Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him.
Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, Ear-lye in the morning.  Chorus:

Put him in the longboat until he's sober, Put him in the longboat until he's sober.
Put him in the longboat until he's sober, Ear-lye in the morning.  Chorus:

Tie him by the legs in a running bowline, Tie him by the legs in a running bowline.
Tie him by the legs in a running bowline, Ear-lye in the morning.  Chorus: