Key: G major•
Intro 1
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I was riding on the mayflower
when I thought I spied some land
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Verse 1
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I was riding on the mayflower
when I thought I spied some land
I yelled for Captain Arab,
I have you understand
C7
Who came running to the deck
said, "Boys, forget the whale
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Look on over yonder, cut the engines,
change the sail
D7
Haul on the bowline", we sang that melody
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Like all tough sailors do
when they're far away at sea
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Verse 2
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"I think I'll call it America,"
I said said as we hit land
I took a deep breath,
I fell down, I could not stand
C7
Cap tain Arab he started
writing up some deeds
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He said, "Let's set up a fort
and start buyin' a place with beads"
D7
Just then this cop comes down the street,
crazy as a loon
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He throws us all in jail for carrying harpoons
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Verse 3
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Ah, me I busted out, don't even ask me how
I went to get some help,
I walked by a Guernsey cow
C7
Who di rected me down to the Bowery slums
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Where people carried signs around
sayin', "Ban the bums"
D7
I jumped right into line sayin'
"I hope that I'm not late"
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When I realized I hadn't eaten
for five days straight
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Verse 4
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I went into a restaurant looking for the cook
I told him I was the editor
of a famous etiquette book
C7
The waitress he was handsome,
he wore a powder blue cape
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I ordered some Suzette,
I said "could you please make that Crepe?"
D7
Just then the whole kitchen
exploded from boilin' fat
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Food was flyin' everywhere,
I left without my hat
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Verse 5
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Now, I didn't mean to be nosy
but I went into a bank
To get some bail for Arab
and all the boys back in the tank
C7
They asked me for some collateral
and I pulled down my pants
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They threw me in the alley
when up comes this girl from France
D7
Who in vited me to her house,
I went but she had a friend
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Who knocked me out and robbed my boots
and I was on the street again
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Verse 6
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Well, I rapped upon a house
with the U.S. flag upon display
I said, "Could you help me out,
I got some friends down the way"
C7
"The man says, "Get out of here,
I'll tear you limb from limb"
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I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too",
he said, "You're not Him
D7
Get out of here before I break your bones,
I ain't your pop"
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I de cided to have him arrested
Interlude 1
and I went lookin' for a cop
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Verse 7
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I ran right outside, I hopped inside a cab
I went out the other door,
this Englishman said, "Fab"
C7
As he saw me leap a hot dog stand
and a chariot that stood
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Park ed across
from a building advertising brotherhood
D7
I ran right through the front door
like a hobo sailor does
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But it was just a funeral parlor
and the man asked me who I was
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Verse 8
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I re peated that my friends
were all in jail with a sigh
He gave me his card,
he said, "Call me if they die"
C7
I shook his hand and said goodbye,
ran out to the street
G
When a bowling ball came down the road
and knocked me off my feet
D7
A pay phone was ringing
and it just about blew my mind
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When I picked it up and said hello,
this foot came through the line
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Verse 9
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Well, by this time I's fed up
at tryin' to make a stab
At bringing back any help
for my friends and Captain Arab
C7
I de cided to flip a coin
like either heads or tails
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Would let me know if
I should go back to ship or back to jail
D7
So I hocked my sailor suit
and I got a coin to flip
G
It came up tails, it rhymed with sails,
so I made it back to the ship
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Verse 10
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Well, I got back and took the parking ticket
off the mast
I was ripping it to shreds
when this coastguard boat went past
C7
They asked me my name
and I said, "Captain Kidd"
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They be lieved me but they wanted to know
what exactly that I did
D7
I said for the Pope of Eruke I was employed
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They let me go right away,
they were very paranoid
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Verse 11
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Well, the last I heard of Arab,
he was stuck on a whale
That was married
to the deputy sheriff of the jail
C7
But the funniest thing was
when I was leavin' the bay
G
I saw three ships sailin' there,
were all heading my way
D7
I asked the captain what his name was
and how come he didn't drive a truck
G
He said his name was Columbus,
I just said, "Good luck"
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[Fade Out]
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