The Stowaway


(I didn't make this. I'm just uploading it here so I can use the transposing feature. This was transcribed by Stepen Willis.) C / C / F / F / C / C / G / G / C / C / F / F / C / C / G / G / C / C / F / C / F / C / Dm / G / C / C / F / C / F / C Am / G / C / C / F / G / C / C / F / G / C / C F Once I found a stowaway G C Upon my ship on Christmas Day Am Dm G I was fair, so I gave him a chance. C F “You shouldn’t be here, what’s your tale? G C I ought to throw you to the whale.” Am Dm G He just smiled and said, “Come here, let’s dance.” CHORUS: C F C He said, “Borrow or steal, I’ll find a way F C Dm G To be with my lover upon Christmas Day C F C And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground F C Am G C Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.” C / F / G / C / C / F / G / C / He told me ‘bout his girl back home Waiting patient, all alone While we danced I shed a little tear. He closed his eyes, all out at sea I think he danced with her, not me I’ll just have to wait another year. He said, “Borrow or steal, I’ll find a way To be with my lover upon Christmas Day And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around. G / D / A / D / D G I think of him now and again A D I wonder how his journey ends Bm Em A As I sail by on my lonesome sea. D G That stranger with the haunting face A D Here, then gone without a trace. Bm Em A Lying with his love, that’s where he’ll be. CHORUS: D G D Beg, borrow or steal, I’ll find a way G D Em A To be with my lover upon Christmas Day D G D And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground G D A D Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around. Beg, borrow or steal, I’ll find a way To be with my lover upon Christmas Day And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.