verse 1
Dm
Yeah listen to me words me friend
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
Our days are comin' to an end
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
At sea there dreadful horrors be,
Dm A
They're comin' here fer yeah 'n' me.
Dm C Dm A Dm
And all be doomed when yeah dead come sailing home
verse 2
Dm
In fifteen hundred and sixty-one
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
A ship with crew went down 'n' drowned
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
But the captain said we dead won'y stay,
Dm A
I'll sell me soul to be back one day.
Dm C Dm A Dm
In a hundred years - ye dead will sail again!
Instrumental
Dm , F , Dm , F A , Dm C , Dm A , Dm C Dm A Dm
verse 3
Dm
When ye dead come sailin' home again
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
All men 'n' women tremble then
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
Oh the men will flee, n' the boys will shout
Dm A
The ladies they will all turn out
Dm C Dm A Dm
And all be doomed when yeah dead come sailing home
verse 4
Dm
Ye old church bell shall ring with dread
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
To welcome out returning dead
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
The village lads 'n' lassies say
Dm A
Piles of corpses line the way.
Dm C Dm A Dm
And they all be doomed when yeah dead come sailing home
Instrumental
Dm, F, Dm, F A, Dm C, Dm A, Dm C Dm A Dm
Verse 5
Dm
In sixteen hundred and sixty-one
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
Ye dead shall sail again me friend
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
In sixteen hundred and sixty-one
F A
All men and women turn 'n' run
Dm C Dm A Dm
And all be doomed when ye dead come sailin' home
Verse 6
Dm
Them hundred years has passed so fast
F
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm
Behold! at Sea! A crooked mast!
F A
Ohoy, Ohoy!
Dm C
A rotten deck, on a leaking hull
Dm A
On it a rime of bones and scum
Dm C Dm A
And we all be doomed when
Dm C Dm A
Yes they all be doomed when
Dm C Dm A Dm
And we all be doomed when ye dead come sailin' home