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Sea shanty – Alternative title: Drunken Sailor, arranged by Mjchael

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Guitar

Ukulele (gcea)

Dm	C

What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor

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1. Strophe

[Dm] What shall we do with the drunken sailor

[C] What shall we do with the drunken sailor

[Dm] What shall we do with the drunken sailor

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning?

Refrain

[Dm] Hoo-ray, and up she rises

[C] Hoo-ray, and up she rises

[Dm] Hoo-ray, and up she rises

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

2. Strophe

[Dm] Put him in the long boat until he's sober

[C] Put him in the long boat until he's sober

[Dm] Put him in the long boat until he's sober

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

3. Strophe

[Dm] Pull out the plug and wet him all over

[C] Pull out the plug and wet him all over

[Dm] Pull out the plug and wet him all over

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

4. Strophe

[Dm]Take him and shake him and try to awake him

[C]Take him and shake him and try to awake him

[Dm]Take him and shake him and try to awake him

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

5. Strophe

[Dm] give him a dose of salt and water

[C]give him a dose of salt and water

[Dm]give him a dose of salt and water

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

6. Strophe

[Dm] give him a dash with a bossom´s rubber

[C]give him a dash with a bossom´s rubber

[Dm]give him a dash with a bossom´s rubber

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

7. Strophe

[Dm] haeve him by the leg in a running bowline

[C]haeve him by the leg in a running bowline

[Dm]haeve him by the leg in a running bowline

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

8. Strophe

[Dm] Put him in the scuppers with a hose pipe on him

[C]Put him in the scuppers with a hose pipe on him

[Dm]Put him in the scuppers with a hose pipe on him

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

9. Strophe

[Dm] Shave his belly with a rusty razor

[C]Shave his belly with a rusty razor

[Dm]Shave his belly with a rusty razor

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

10. Strophe

[Dm] That´s what to do with a drunken sailor

[C]That´s what to do with a drunken sailor

[Dm]That´s what to do with a drunken sailor

[C] Early in the :[Dm] morning

Harmony

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The tonality of the song is either C major or D minor and F major, not as it is written in a few musical scores. The range of notes is the same as C major. But the harmonic center of the song is the D-minor chord. Such melodies are said to be in so-called "Dorian scale". This is a church key. So named because there are many old hymns in this key. But there are some folk songs (eg the Irish folk music) and modern pieces (eg, Mad World by Michael Andrews) still using this mode.

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