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Shrimp Boats Chords

Music by: Jo Stafford
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[Verse 1]
[D]Oh...[Em][F][G]
(CHOR[D]US):
Shrimp boats is a- [G]comin'
Their sails [D]are in sight
Shrimp boats is a- [G]comin'
There's dan[D]cin' [G]to
[D]night
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry
hurry home
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry home
Look here! The shrimp boats
is a- [G]comin'
There's dan[D]cin' [G]to [D]night
(Shrimp boats [G]is [D]a-[G][D]
[G][D][G][D]
[G]comin',
there's dan[D]cin' [G]ton[D]ight)

[Verse 2]
(REPEAT CHORUS)
[D](SLOWLY):
They go to [Em]sea with the
[G]evenin' [D]tide
And the wo[G]men [A]folk wave
their good- [D]bye
(There they go... There they go)
While the [G]Louisiana [F]moon
[Em]float[D]s on high
And they [G]wait for the [F]day [D]when they [Eb]can [D]cry...[Em]
[D][F][D]

[Interlude 1]
[G][D]
[G][D][G][D]
[G]
[D][G][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 3]
[D](CHORUS)
(SLOWLY):
Happy the [Em]days while they're
[F]mending [D]the nets
'Til once more they [A]ride
out to [D]sea
(There they go... There they go)
Then how [G]lonely [F]the night[D]s will be
'Til that [G]wonderful [F]day [D]when
[Em]they[D] sin[Eb]g...[D]
[G][F]

[Verse 4]
[G]
[D](CHORUS)
(Shrimp boats is [G]a-[D][G][D][G][D]
[G]comin' - there's [D]dancin'
There's dancin' [Em]There's [D]dancin'
[G]There's dancin' ...)
Shrimp [D]boats is

[Verse 5]
a- comin'
- there's dancin' tonight!
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