Folk Songs Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]You better go tell
Aunt
Rhody
[A]Go tell
Aunt
[D]Rhody
Go tell
Aunt
[G]Rhody
That the [D]old grey [A]goose is [D]dead
The one that she's been saving
The [A]one that she's been sav[D]ing
The one that she's been [G]saving
To [D]make a [A]feather [D]bed
Go tell
Aunt
Rhody,
[A]Go tell
Aunt
[D]Rhody,
Go tell
Aunt
[G]Rhody,
That the [D]old
Grey
[A]Goose is [D]dead
She died in a millpond,
she [A]died in a [D]millpond,
She died in a [G]millpond,
stand[D]ing [A]on her [D]head.
Go tell
Aunt
Rhody,
[A]Go tell
Aunt
[D]Rhody,
Go tell
Aunt
[G]Rhody,
That the [D]old grey [A]goose is [D]dead.
The goslings are crying,
the [A]goslings are cry[D]ing
The goslings are cry[G]ing,
[D]because their [A]man is [D]dead
Go tell
Aunt
Rhody,
[A]Go tell
Aunt
[D]Rhody,
Go tell
Aunt
[G]Rhody
That the [D]old
Grey
[A]Goose is [D]dead,
That the old
Grey
[A]Goose is [D]dead,
That the old
Grey
[A]Goose is [D]dead, poor thing,
That the old
Grey
[A]Goose is [D]dead, is dead, [Eb]is
Well the big ship sails on the alley, alley -o
The [Bb]alley, alley -o, the [Eb]alley, alley -o
Oh, the big ship sails on the
Alley,
Alley -O,
On the [Bb]last day of
[Eb]September
The captain said,
It'll ever, never do,
Nev[Bb]er, never do,
Nev[Eb]er, never do
The captain said,
It'll ever, never do,
[Bb]On the last day of
[Eb]September
And the big ship sank to
the bottom of the sea,
The [Bb]bottom of the sea,
The [Eb]bottom of the sea
And the big ship sank to
the bottom of the sea
On the [Bb]last day of
[Eb]September
We'll all dip our heads in
the deep blue sea
The [Bb]deep blue sea, the deep [Eb]blue sea
We'll all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the [Bb]last day of
[Eb]September
The big ship sails on the alley, alley -o
The [Bb]alley, alley -o, the [Eb]alley, alley -o
Oh, the big ship sails on the alley, alley -o
On the [Bb]last day of
[Eb]Septem[G]ber[C]
When I first came [F]to this [C]land
[F]I was n[C]ot a w[G]ealthy man
[C]So I got mys[F]elf a shack,[C]
and [G]I did what I could
[C]And I cal[F]med my sha[C]ck,
[G]and braked my back
[C]For the land was swe[F]et and goo[C]d,
and I [G]did what I [C]could
When I first came [F]to this [C]land
[F]I was n[C]ot a w[G]ealthy man
[C]So I got mys[F]elf a cow[C]
and [G]I did what I could
[C]And I cal[F]l my cow[C], no [G]milk now
[C]And I cal[F]l my sha[C]ck, bre[G]ak my back[C]
For the land was [F]sweet and good
[C]And I d[G]id what I coul[C]d
When I first came [F]to this [C]land
[F]I was n[C]ot a w[G]ealthy man
[C]So I got mys[F]elf a wif[C]e
and [G]I did what I could
[C]And I cal[F]led my wif[C]e, run[G] for your lif[C]e
And I [F]called my [C]cow, [G]no milk [C]now
And I [F]called my [C]shack, [G]break my [C]back,
For the land was [F]sweet and [C]good,
And [G]I did what I c[C]ould.
When I first came [F]to this [C]land,
[F]I was n[C]ot a w[G]ealthy m[C]an,
So I got [F]myself a [C]son,
And [G]I did what I could.
[C]And I cal[F]led my son[C], my [G]work sta[C]nd
And I [F]called my [C]wife, [G]run for your life
[C]And I cal[F]led my cow[C], no [G]milk now[C]
And I [F]called my [C]shack, [G]break my bac[C]k
For the land was [F]sweet and [C]good,
and [G]I did what I could
[C]For the land was swe[F]et and goo[C]d,
and [G]I did what I c[C]ould
Did you ever, ever, ever, ever, ever
Did you ever, ever, ever see a [G]whale?
No, I [C]never, never, never, never, [F]never
[G]No, I never, never, never,
ever saw a [C]whale[G]
[C]Well if you ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, [G]ever, ever, [C]ever, [F]ever, [G]ever, ever,
ever, [C]ever, [G]eve[C]r, ever, ever, ever, ever, [G]ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, [C]ever, [F]ever, [G]ever, ever, ever,
see another [C]whale.[G]
[C]You will [G]never, never,
never see another [C]whale.[G][C]