***SEA SHANTY - by Shane MacGowan from the albums "Red Roses For Me" Sea Shanty - as perfomed by The Pogues C Dear dirty London in the pouring rain C F I wish to God I was back on the sea again C Though that belongs to the world of never will be C F there was never a wilder bastard than me on the sea C F I could fuck all the whores in damnation me boys C F Though they wriggled and hollered and made a great noise C F Then I'd drink 'til I stank and then drink plenty more C F And I won't go down to the sea any more C F But if I had ten pounds then I'd raise a loud cheer C F And I'd toast all me neighbours both distant and dear C F And I'd shoot back great belly-crippling buckets of beer C F And a pox and a curse on the people round here C F Wouldn't give you the price of a half pint of beer C F Wouldn't give you the price of a cup of good cheer C F A pox and a curse on the people round here Inst ||:C G|F G|C G|F G C:|| |Am G|Am G|Am G|Am G|C || A man's ambition must indeed be small to write his name upon a shithouse wall But before I die I'll add my regal scrawl to show the world I'm left with sweet fuck all And when all of us bold shithouse poets do die A monument grand they will raise to the sky A monument made just to mark our great wit A monument of solid shit now me boys I met with Bill James we fought over crusts He called me a whore and I booted his crutch Then we shared out the jack and we thought it a treat The compliments pass when the quality meet The compliments pass when the quality meet The compliments pass when the quality meet The compliments pass when the quality meet Outro ||:C G|F G|C G|F G C:|| |Am G|Am G|Am G|Am G|C || ||:C G|F G|C G|F G C:||