Tom: D
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I've been roaming all my life, and now I've found a lady wife, I'm staying right here
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Oh, I won't go sailing anymore, I won't obey the oceans call, I'm staying right here
[Chorus]
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I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
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'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
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At 14 I was Cabin boy, to fearsome Captain Buckleroy, I'm staying right here
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When I was sick he ordered cat-a-nine, until I said that I felt fine, I'm staying right here,
[Chorus]
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I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
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'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
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At 20 I manned that crows nest and captain said "I was the best", I'm staying right here,
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but I nearly lost my eyes to god, just looking out for old cape cod, I'm staying right here
[Chorus]
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I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
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'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
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At 25 no man alive could match my skills for gun'en, I'm staying right here,
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But the Captain he got drunk one night and sank the blasted cannon, I'm staying right here,
[Chorus]
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I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
D A D A D
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
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Captain died at 28 and by then I was his first mate, I'm staying right here
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Oh they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land, I'm staying right here,
[Chorus]
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I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
D A D A D
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
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Stepped ashore at Felix stow and made for Bristol by the road, I'm staying right here,
D G
well I fell in love, when, first, I saw, her, Avon county's finest daughter,
D A D
and now she's got me staying right here, hoo-hey!
[Chorus]
D G D A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
D A D A D
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
[Outro]
D G D A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be
D G
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
D A D A D
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need
