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Land Ho!

by The Doors · posted by gene

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Verse 1:
  1   1    -1  1   2  3 
Grand-ma loved a sail-or 

 3    3     3   -2' 2   1
Who sailed the fro-zen sea

  1   1  -1   1     2  3 
Grand-pa was that whal-er 

 1   1   3  3  -2' 2   1
And he took me on his knee

1   1      1   1  -1  1    2 3
He said, "Son I'm go-ing cra-zy 

 3   -3' -3' -3' -3' 3 2 3
From liv-in' on  the land

 1  1   -1  1    2   3
Got to find my ship-mates 

 3   3   3  -2' -1    1
And walk on for-eign sands."



Verse2 :
This old man was graceful 
With silver in his smile
He smoked a briar pipe and 
He walked four country miles
Singin, songs of shady sisters 
And old time liberty
Songs of love and songs of death 
And songs that set men free

Bridge:
 -3' -3'  -3'    3
I've got three ships 

-3' -3' -2' -1
And six-ty  men

-1  -3'  -3'   3   -2' -1
A course for ports un-read

(Repeat previous three lines for the 
following lyrics):

I'll stand at mast 
Let north winds blow
'Till half of us are dead



Land ho!

Outro:
4  4  4  -3'  3
If I get my hands 

-3' 3  4  -3'  3
On  a dol-lar bill

-3' 3   4  -3'  3   3
Gon-na buy  a  bot-tle 

-3'   2   -1  1
And drink my fill

4  4  4  -3'  3
If I get my hands 

-3' 3  4  -3'  3
On  a num-ber five

-3' 3   4    -3'  
Gon-na skin that 

 3  -3'  2   -1  1
Lit-tle girl  a-live

4  4  4  4    4
If I get my hands 

4 -3'  4  4   5
On a num-ber two

 5    5    4   -3'  5  -3'  4
Come back home and mar-ry  you

 5  -3' 4    5  -3' 4    4  4
Mar-ry you, mar-ry you. Al-right!

 4     5   4    4     5   4
Land, land ho! Land, land ho!

4  4  4   -3'  3
If I get back home 

-3' 3  4  -3'  3
And I feel al-right

-3'  3    4  -3'  3   3
You know, ba-by, gon-na 

-3'   2  -1  1
Love you to-night

 4     5   4
Land, land ho!
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