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Where Is My Sailor Boy - Bill Monroe Chords

Chords: BOY?, Album, ALL, C, F, G

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Genre: bluegrass, country, old-time

WHERE IS MY SAILOR BOY?
As recorded by Bill Monroe
(From the Album ALL THE CLASSIC RELEASES 1937 - 1949)

[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
C F C
Oh, where is my sailor boy? Oh, where is my sailor boy?
F C
He sleeps in the bottom of the deep blue sea
G C
And can't come back to me

[Verse 2]
C F C
I stand on the beach alone and gaze at the misty blue
F C
Deep sea ere you hold him to your breast
G C
Does he mention my name to you?

[Chorus]
C F C
Oh, what does the deep sea say? Oh, what does the deep sea say?
F C G C
It moans, it groans, oh it splashes and foams, and rolls on it's weary way

[Mandolin Solo]
C F C F C G
C

[Verse 3]
C F C
Oh please tell me deep blue sea, is he sleeping peacefully?
F C
The winds from the north are blowing icy cold
G C
Please keep him warm for me

[Verse 4]
C F C
If only my dreaming soul, some token or sign could find
F C
If only the waves would show me where he sleeps

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