Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

  With a lady-like devotion

  She sails the bitter ocean

  If it wasn't for lovesick sailors

  There'd be nothin' left but flotsam

Chorus

  Singin' why me oh my

  Is there a better man than I

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you lie high and dry

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you die

Verse 2

  Her sails blow like bubbles

  While ya sip yer daily doubles

  If she wasn't so fond of the weather

  She might give the deckhands trouble

Chorus

  Singin' why me oh my

  Is there a better man than I

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you lie high and dry

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you die

Verse 3

  One day when I grew older

  And I found I could not hold her

  She took on a fine young skipper

  Who soon run her up on a boulder

Chorus

  Singin' why me oh my

  Is there a better man than I

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you lie high and dry

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you die

Verse 4

  Now the pleasures of the harbor

  Don't include a lady barber

  If it wasn't for Long John Silver

  All of us pirates would've been martyrs

CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)

  Singin' why me oh my

  Is there a better man than I

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you lie high and dry

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you die

  I hope you find your way back home

A D (hold D for 4 beats)

Before you lie high and dry

  I hope you find your way back home

  Before you die