Written by the great Cyril Tawney.
This refers to the British Navy (nicknamed the Grey Funnel Line) and the yearning for
home when at sea.
Transcribed from a magnificent performance from June Tabor for the BBC
backed by Martin Simpson and others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61FI86oV3qA
Standard tuning capo 2
Intro
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Em C D G
Em C D G
Verse 1
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G
Don't mind the rain or the rolling sea
D
The weary night never worries me
G/B Cmaj7
But the hardest time in a sailor's day
Em C D G
Is to watch the sun as it dies a-way
Em C D G
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Em C D G
Verse 2
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G
The finest ship that sails the sea
D
Is still a prison for the likes of me
G/B Cmaj7
But give me wings like Noah's dove
Em C D G
I'll fly up harbour to the girl I love
Em C D G
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Em C D G
Verse 3
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G
Oh Lord if dreams were only real
D
I'd have my hands on that wooden wheel
G/B Cmaj7
And with all my heart I'd turn her round
Em C D G
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound
Em C D G
And it's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
= inst =
(as the verse)
G D G/B Cmaj7
Em C D G
Em C D G
Verse 4
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I'll pass the time like some machine
D
Until the waters turn to green
G/B Cmaj7
Then I'll dance on down that walk a-shore
Em C D G
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
Em C D G
And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2011
[email protected]
