Rolling Down To Old Maui Cifras

Note: this cover of the song was done a cappella.
The chords for the chorus were derived from the vocal harmonies heard in the chorus and
the chords for the verses were "extrapolated" from that to sound appropriate.
 
 
Capo 1
 
[Verse 1]
       Dm         A            Dm       A         Bb         C    Dm
It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife we whaler-men undergo
       Dm           A             Dm      A        Bb       C         Dm
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done how hard the winds did blow
             F                       C                    Bb                  A
'Cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground with a good ship, taut and free
       Dm           A            Dm        A            Bb       C      Dm
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls of old Maui
 
 
[Chorus]
        F              C                   Dm             A
Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys, rollin' down to old Maui
      Dm       A              Dm     A               Bb      C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
 
 
[Verse 2]
     Dm      A             Dm        A                Bb      C        Dm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale through the ice and wind and rain
     Dm      A            Dm       A         Bb         C    Dm
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon shall see again
    F                    C                  Bb             A
Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka Sea
    Dm        A              Dm     A               Bb      C      Dm
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
 
 
[Chorus]
        F              C                   Dm             A
Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys, rollin' down to old Maui
      Dm       A              Dm     A               Bb      C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
 
 
[Verse 3]
     Dm      A             Dm        A      Bb        C      Dm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale towards our island home
    Dm       A           Dm      A            Bb        C      Dm
Our mainmast sprung, our whalin' done, and we ain't got far to roam
    F                C                  Bb               A
Our stuns'l bones is carried away, what care we for that sound?
  Dm     A       Dm    A         Bb        C        Dm
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound!
 
 
[Chorus]
        F              C                   Dm             A
Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys, rollin' down to old Maui
      Dm       A              Dm     A               Bb      C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
 
 
[Verse 4]
    Dm       A                  Dm     A             Bb     C     Dm
How soft the breeze through the island trees now the ice is far astern
     Dm     A           Dm       A           Bb      C     Dm
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return
     F                   C                    Bb               A
Even now their big brown eyes look out hoping some fine day to see
    Dm    A              Dm       A             Bb      C      Dm
Our baggy sails running 'fore the gales rollin' down to old Maui
 
 
[Chorus]
        F              C                   Dm             A
Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys, rollin' down to old Maui
      Dm       A              Dm     A               Bb      C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
        F              C                   Dm             A
Rollin' down to old Maui, me boys, rollin' down to old Maui
      Dm       A              Dm     A               Bb      Am     Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rollin' down to old Maui
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