Open: F/C - F/C
F/C
The old sailor sat at the window seat
Bb/F
So he could watch as the ships went by
C/G
And he drank from a glass that was always filled
Bb/F C/F
For the rest of us would buy
F/C
And he would tell us tales about the ships that sailed
Bb/F
When he was young and strong
C/G
And when he thought we'd heard enough of his words
Bb C F/C
He'd break into this song.
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Dee dee dee, dah dah dah, dah dah dee dee dee dah, dah dah dee dee dee dee da
F/C
Each and every day he'd spend his way
Bb/F
Up to the stroke of four
C/G
Then a woman as rough as a dockside tough
Bb/F C/G
Came bursting through the door
F/C
She'd stalk up top that sailor
Bb/F
And he'd shrink to the size of a pin
C/G
She'd curse and shout
Then she'd haul him out
Bb/F C/G
And he'd say with a sheepish grin
F/C
Oh yes I've sailed the southern oceans
C/G
And the stormy northern sea
Bb/F
But now that my sailing's over me boys
F/C
It's harbor time for me
Am
I know you call us salt and pepper
Bb/F
For an old salt I may be
C/G
But though she may be pepper to you me boys
Bb/F C/G F/C
She's sweet as sugar to me
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Dee dee dee, dah dah dah, dah dah dee dee dee dah, dah dah dee dee dee dee da
F/C
Yes, we'd call them salt and pepper
Bb/F
For that's the way she was
C/G
And it seemed she got at least as hot
Bb/F C/G
As fresh red pepper does
F/C
And a bunch of the boys made offers
Bb/F
To protect him from her wrath
C/G
But each and every time, he would decline
Bb/F C/G
Declaring with a laugh.
F/C
He said, I've sailed the southern oceans
C/G
And the stormy northern sea
Bb/F
But now that my sailing's over me boys
F/C
It's harbor time for me
Am
I know you call us salt and pepper
Bb/F
For an old salt I may be
C/G
But though she may be pepper to you me boys
Bb/F C/G F/C
She's sweet as sugar to me
F/C Dm Bb C Dm
Dee dee dee, dah dah dah, dah dah dee dee dee dah, dah dah dee dee dee dee da
Bb - C - Dm
Dm
I've had my body broken
Bb C Dm
Not drowned but parched bone dry
Dm
I've heard my name be spoken
Bb C Dm
I've spit in the devil's eye
Dm
The sea once was my mistress
Bb C Dm
Now pepper's replaced her
Dm
But just another captain
Bb C Dm
Like my tough old captains were
F/C
And you can have your milktoast ladies
Bb/F
I'm made of old salt brine
C/G
And the gal you saw had starch in her craw
Bb/F C/G
Not a lace instead of a spine
F/C
Sure the old girl can get tough at times
Bb/F
But a sailor's what I've been
C/G
When a storm's about you learn to ride it out
Bb/F C/G
So you can sail once again
F/C
Oh yes I've sailed the southern oceans
C/G
And the stormy northern sea
Bb/F
But now that my sailing's over me boys
F/C
It's harbor time for me
Am
I know you call us salt and pepper
Bb/F
For an old salt I may be
C/G
But though she may be pepper to you me boys
Bb/F C/G F/C
She's sweet as sugar to me
F/C Dm Bb C F/C Bb
Dee dee dee, dah dah dah, dah dah dee dee dee dah, dah dah dee dee dee dee da
F/C Dm Bb C F/C
Dee dee dee, dah dah dah, dah dah dee dee dee dah, dah dah dee dee dee dee da
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