Shrimp Boats

Refrain:

D            D7    G       Em7   D    Em7 Edim  D       A7
Shrimp boats is a-comin', their sails are  in sight;

D            D7    G        Edim    D      G   Em7   D
Shrimp boats is a-comin' -- there's dan - cin' to - night!

     A7        G      Em   Edim   D6
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry home?

     A7        G      Em   Edim   D           A7
Why don't 'cha hurry hurry hurry home?  Look here! 

      D          D7    G        Em7      D    Em7 Edim    D       
The shrimp boats is a-comin' -- there's dan - cin' to - night!

  D          D7    G        Em7    D     G   Em7    D       
Shrimp boats is a-comin', there's dan - cin' to - night)


Repeat Refrain:


 D  Dalt D6 G6  G/B Edim  D     G    D
They go  to sea with the eve - nin' tide

A7      D     Bm7-5 G/B    A7  Edim  D     
And the women folk  wave their good-bye;

  D6  D9 F#m  D6        D9 F#m  D6
There    they go, there    they go --

 A7        G9         G   G/F# G/B  G/Bb  A7  D    F#m  Bm  
While the Loui - si - an - a  moon floats on high,

Bm7/E     G6  Fdim  G6 G/B G/Bb Edim  D   G/B  A7sus4  A7
And they wait for  the day they can  cry


Repeat Refrain:

(SLOWLY):
D  Dalt   D6 G6    G/B  Edim     D      G    D
Hap - py the days while they're mending the nets
  A7       D   Bm7-5 G/B A7 Edim  D     
'Til once more they ride out to  sea

 D6  D9  F#m  D6        D9 F#m  D6
There    they go, there    they go --

A7        G9        G   G/F#  G/B  G/Bb  A7  D    F#m  Bm  
Then how lone - ly the nights will  be

Bm7/E      G6  Fdim  G6  G/B G/Bb Edim  D   G/B  A7sus4  A7
'Til that won - der - ful day when they sing...


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