The Ropeworkers Song

Intro
Dm Am  A#  A#  C  Dm  A#  Am
Dm Am  A#  A#  C  Dm  A#  A7

Verse 1
DmRopewalkers AmRise At DA#awn, Boots AFlways WoCrn, And TDmar-Stained ClA#othingAm,
DmMoving Through LaAmndport StA#reets, On WFeary FeeCt, The DaDmy UnfA#oldingAm.
DWork — The Ropewalk Was LBong, One Thousand EmFeet, Slowly We PAaced In The DA7ust And The HDeat,
DTar On Our BPalms, We Twisted The EmYarn, Backwards We MAoved, Pulling TA7aut On The A#Ropes,
A#Completed On TiFme, For Ships Of The LAine.     A7​

Chorus
DmTwist AmAnd A#Lay, DaA#y After DayC, UndDmer And OvA#er. Am​
DmHeel TAmo ToA#e, BackA#wards We GoC, TheDm Life Of A#A RoAmper.

Verse 2
DmDrums On TheAm Morning A#Key, White SFails SetC Free, BrDmight PennantsA# FlyinAmg,
DmBoys Ran AloAmng The ShA#ore, Ships OFff To WaCr, And LoDmved Ones CryiA#ng.   Am​
DStays, From Twisted Up SBtrands, Then Tamed By My EmHands,
For Ships That Would ASail To Those A7Far Foreign LDands
DWind In The BSpars, Guided By SEmtars, The Stories I LAearned Of The A7Life Of A A#Tar,
TA#hey Called Out To Me,F A Life On The SAea.    A7​

Chorus
DmTwist AmAnd A#Lay, DaA#y After DayC, UndDmer And OvA#er. Am​
DmHeel TAmo ToA#e, BackA#wards We GoC, TheDm Life Of A#A RoAmper.

Verse 3
WitDmh Winter The AmCoughing A#Came, My ThrFoat AflaCme, And CDmhest Was BurnA#ing.  Am​
My DmDreams Of ThAme Open SA#ea, I FFoolishlyC, IgnDmored That WA#arningAm.
DSo, I Stood With The BRest, And Hoped To EmImpress, I Asked For AA Berth On A A7Ship Headed WDest.
D“There’s Dust On Your LBungs,  It’s Sad, Your So EmYoung”  That Ended My HAopes, So BacA7k To The A#Ropes,
NA#ow Forever I’ll  StFand,  Both Feet On Dry LaAnd.    A7​

Chorus
DmTwist AmAnd A#Lay, DaA#y After DayC, UndDmer And OvA#er. Am​
DmHeel TAmo ToA#e, BackA#wards We GoC, TheDm Life Of A#A RoAmper.

Verse 4
DmNow I Am AmBent With A#Age, I've TuFrned A PCage, My LDmife 'S ContenA#ted.  Am​
DmIn Portsea I’ve AmLived My A#Life Not OFn A SChip But RDmepresA#entedAm​
DTen Thousand Cables I’ve BLaid, With The Tools Of My EmTrade,
Mountains Of HAemp On The RoA7pewalk’s LongD Ways,
DWalked, Half Of The BWorld, Though Never At EmSea,
Ships That I AServed Sailing A7Wild And A#Free,
A#And The Rigging They ClFimb, Made With Skills That Were MAine. A7​

Chorus
DmTwist AmAnd A#Lay, DaA#y After DayC, UndDmer And OvA#er. Am​
DmHeel TAmo ToA#e, BackA#wards We GoC, TheDm Life Of A#A RoAmper.

DmTwist AmAnd A#Lay, DaA#y After DayC, UndDmer And OvA#er. Am​
DmHeel TAmo ToA#e, BackA#wards We GoC, TheDm Life Of A#A RoAmper.