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[Verse 1]
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A King sat in Dunfermline town
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Drinking of the blood-red wine
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"Where can I get a good sea-captain
   Am        Em     Bm      Am
To sail this mighty ship of mine?"


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
     G        D       G     D    G
Then up there spoke a bonny boy
        D      G            D
Sitting at the King's right knee
     Em      Bm           Em        Bm
"Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman
     Am      Em   Bm      Am
That ever sailed upon the sea"


[Verse 3]
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The king has written a broad letter
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And sealed it up with his own right hand
               C
Sending word unto Sir Patrick
   G              D
To come to him at his command


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[Verse 4]
    G  D       G         D
"An enemy then this must be
    G      D      G       D
Who told a lie concerning me
    Em    Bm      Em        Bm
For I was never a very good seaman
    Am   Em   Bm      Am
Nor ever do intend to be"


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[Verse 5]
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Last night I saw the new moon
         D        G      D
With the old moon in her arm
  Em      Bm         Em      Bm
A sign, a sign since we were born
     Am             Em   Bm     Am
That means there'll be a deadly storm


[Verse 6]
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They had not sailed upon the sea
  G               D
A day, a day, but barely three
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When loud and boisterous grew the wind
    G               D
And loud and stormy grew the sea


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[Verse 7]
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Then up there came a mermaiden
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A comb and glass, all in her hand
          Em        Bm      Em          Bm
"Here's a health to you, my merry young men
    Am         Em      Bm    Am
For you'll not see dry land again"


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 8]
     G    D      G    D     G
"Oh, long may my lady look
       D       G      D
With a lantern in her hand
  Em       Bm      Em    Bm
Before she sees my bonny ship
     Am      Em        Bm     Am    D
Come sailing homewards to dry land"


[Verse 9]
                C
Forty miles off Aberdeen
    G             D
The water's fifty fathoms deep
                    C              G
There lies good Sir Patrick Spens
                     D
With the Scots lords at his feet


[Outro]
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