Tom: D
D
Come me boys and heave with me
G D
Let's get off this curs-ed sea
Bm A
Let's be home to lovers and wives
G D
And leave behind these four hour lives
[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
D
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
Bm
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
G
(Then Four Hours)
D
'Til it starts again
[Verse 2]
D
Come me boys and heave with me
G D
The wind's my friend and my enemy
Bm A
It carries me home but it must be tamed
G D
Everything lost or everything gained
[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
D
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
Bm
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
G
(Then Four Hours)
D
'Til it starts again
[Verse 3]
D
Come me boys and heave with me
G D
Got scabrous hands and bloody knees
Bm A
When the bell tolls, I'll go below
G D
My hands will callous and my strength will grow
[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
D
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
Bm
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
G
(Then Four Hours)
D
'Til it starts again
[Verse 4]
D
Come me boys and heave with away
G D
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Bm A
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
G D
Better the dust from under my plow
[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
D
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
Bm
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
G
(Then Four Hours)
D
'Til it starts again
[Verse 5]
D
When I'm back in Bristol town
G D
I'll buy my love a silken gown
Bm A
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
G D
Until that bell sounds in my chest
[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)
Workin' on the swell
D
(Four Hours)
Sloggin' in the rain
Bm
(Four Hours)
Workin' to the bell
G
(Then Four Hours)
D
'Til it starts again
D
Four Hours
Haulin' on the sheets!
D
Four Hours
Keepin' our feet!
Bm
Four Hours
Wrap me in the shroud
G
Then Four Hours
D
Lay me in the ground
