Henry Martin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][Am]

[Verse 1]
There were three [Am]brothers
in merry Scotland
In merry Scotland there [E]were three
And they [Am]did cast lots which
of them should go
Should go, should [E]go
[Am]And turn rob[C]ber all [G]on the s[Am]alt sea

[Verse 2]
The lot it fell first upon Henry
[E]Mar[Am]tin
The youngest of all [E]the three
[Am]That he should turn robber
all on the salt sea
Salt [G]sea, [C]the salt sea
[E]For to [Am]maintain his two[G] brothers
and [Am]he
[F][Am]

[Verse 3]
They had not been sailing but a long
[E]winter's [Am]night
And a part of a [G]short winter's [C]day
[E]When he [Am]espied a stout lofty ship
Lofty ship, lofty [E]ship
[Am]Come bib[C]bing down
[G]on him straight [Am]way

[Verse 4]
[Am]
"Hello, hello",
cried Henry [E]Mar[Am]tin
What makes you [G]sail [C]so nigh?[E]
[Am]I'm a rich merchant ship bound
for fair London Town
London Town, London [E]Town
[Am]Would you please [C]for to
[G]let me [Am]pass by?

[Verse 5]
"Oh no, oh [Am]no", cried Henry [E]Mar[Am]tin
This thing it never [E]could be
For I [Am]have turned robber
all on the salt sea
Salt sea, the salt [E]sea.
[Am]For to maintain my two
[G]brothers [Am]and me

[Verse 6]
Come lower your [Am]tops'l
and brail [E]up your [Am]mizz'n
And bring your ship [G]un der [C]my lee
[E]Or I wil[Am]l give you a full
cannon ball
Cannon ball, [G]cannon [C]ball[E]
[Am]And all your dear bod
[G]ies drown in the [Am]salt sea

[Verse 7]
Oh no, we won't [Am]lower our lofty [E]topsail
[Am]Nor bring our ship under your [G]lee[C][E]
And [Am]you shan't take from us
our rich merchant goods
Mer[G]chant goods, merchant [C]good[E]s
[Am]Nor point [C]our bold g[G]uns to t[Am]he sea
[F][Am]

[Verse 8]
Then broadside and broadside
and at it they went
For fully two hours [G]or [C]three
[E]Till Hen[Am]ry Martin gave to them
deathshot
[G]The deathshot, the[C][E]
[Am]deathshot
And straight [C]to the [G]bot
tom [Am]went she

[Verse 9]
[Am]Bad news, bad news to old [E]England [Am]came
Bad news to fair London [E]Town
There's [Am]been a rich vessel
and she's cast away
Cast away, [E]cast away
[Am]And [C]all of h[G]er merry men d[Am]rowned
[F][Am]