The Ropeworkers Song

Intro
Cm Gm  G#  G#  A#  Cm  G#  Gm
Cm Gm  G#  G#  A#  Cm  G#  G7

Verse 1
CmRopewalkers GmRise At DG#awn, Boots AD#lways WorA#n, And TarCm-Stained ClotG#hing, Gm​
CmMoving Through LaGmndport StG#reets, On WD#eary FeetA#, The Day CmUnfolG#ding. Gm​
CWork — The Ropewalk Was LAong, One Thousand DmFeet, Slowly We PGaced In The DG7ust And The HCeat,
CTar On Our APalms, We Twisted The DmYarn, Backwards We MGoved, Pulling TG7aut On The G#Ropes,
G#Completed On TiD#me, For Ships Of The LiGne.      G7​

Chorus
CmTwist GmAnd G#Lay, DaG#y After DayA#, UndeCmr And OveG#r.  Gm​
CmHeel TGmo ToG#e, BackG#wards We GoA#, The CmLife Of AG# RopGmer.

Verse 2
CmDrums On TheGm Morning G#Key, White SD#ails Set A#Free, BrigCmht Pennants FG#lying,Gm​
CmBoys Ran AloGmng The ShG#ore, Ships OD#ff To WarA#, And LoveCmd Ones CryingG#.     Gm​
CStays, From Twisted Up SAtrands, Then Tamed By My DmHands,
For Ships That Would GSail To Those G7Far Foreign LCands
CWind In The ASpars, Guided By SDmtars, The Stories I LGearned Of The G7Life Of A G#Tar,
TG#hey Called Out To Me,D# A Life On The SeGa.     G7​

Chorus
CmTwist GmAnd G#Lay, DaG#y After DayA#, UndeCmr And OveG#r.  Gm​
CmHeel TGmo ToG#e, BackG#wards We GoA#, The CmLife Of AG# RopGmer.

Verse 3
WitCmh Winter The GmCoughing G#Came, My ThrD#oat AflamA#e, And CheCmst Was BurninG#g.    Gm​
My CmDreams Of ThGme Open SG#ea, I FD#oolishly,A# IgnorCmed That WarG#ning. Gm​
CSo, I Stood With The ARest, And Hoped To DmImpress, I Asked For GA Berth On A G7Ship Headed WCest.
C“There’s Dust On Your LAungs,  It’s Sad, Your So DmYoung”  That Ended My HGopes, So BacG7k To The G#Ropes,
NG#ow Forever I’ll  StD#and,  Both Feet On Dry LanGd.     G7​

Chorus
CmTwist GmAnd G#Lay, DaG#y After DayA#, UndeCmr And OveG#r.  Gm​
CmHeel TGmo ToG#e, BackG#wards We GoA#, The CmLife Of AG# RopGmer.

Verse 4
CmNow I Am GmBent With G#Age, I've TuD#rned A PaA#ge, My LifCme 'S ContenteG#d.    Gm​
CmIn Portsea I’ve GmLived My G#Life Not OD#n A ShA#ip But RepCmresenG#ted  Gm​
CTen Thousand Cables I’ve ALaid, With The Tools Of My DmTrade,
Mountains Of HGemp On The RoG7pewalk’s LongC Ways,
CWalked, Half Of The AWorld, Though Never At DmSea,
Ships That I GServed Sailing G7Wild And G#Free,
G#And The Rigging They ClD#imb, Made With Skills That Were MiGne.  G7​

Chorus
CmTwist GmAnd G#Lay, DaG#y After DayA#, UndeCmr And OveG#r.  Gm​
CmHeel TGmo ToG#e, BackG#wards We GoA#, The CmLife Of AG# RopGmer.

CmTwist GmAnd G#Lay, DaG#y After DayA#, UndeCmr And OveG#r.  Gm​
CmHeel TGmo ToG#e, BackG#wards We GoA#, The CmLife Of AG# RopGmer.