[Intro]
Em
Hold fast, me merry lads
    D
The night is nearin' the end
C                          G
No matter the storm, we'll pull her to shore
      A        G    Em
We're ramblin' home again

C Em E Em B

[Verse 1]
        Em
She's a wretched pile of timbers
        D
And she creaks from evenin' to morn
          C
But she's home to a crew of the best wee few
   G                   G
To ever sail under the horn
     Em
Poor Reilly's up the mainmast
        D
And wee Johnny's hanging the sails
        C                           G
And the lad with the oars is passed out in the stores
          A                   Em
As we'rе rattlin' through the gales


[Chorus]
Em
Hold fast, me mеrry lads
    D
The night is nearin' the end
        C                   G
No matter the storm, we'll pull her to shore
        D            Am
We're ramblin' home again
Em
Hold fast, until the last
       D
As the waves are thunderin' in
           C                       G
And we'll show 'em our mettle and drink like the devil
    A                 Em
And bring 'er on out again


 B
[Verse 2]
          Em
Now we're good and lost and lonesome
       D
And a maelstrom's at our tail
C                 G
Half the crew is freezin'
      D                    A
And a lad's gone over the rail
      Em
Poor Reilly's head is ringin'
         D
And the port's all over the floor
    C                     G
And Johnny is hangin' on tight to a cannon
    A                      Em
Now where is the bleedin' shore?



[Chorus]

Em
Hold fast, me mеrry lads
    D
The night is nearin' the end
        C                   G
No matter the storm, we'll pull her to shore
        D            Am
We're ramblin' home again
Em
Hold fast, until the last
       D
As the waves are thunderin' in
           C                       G
And we'll show 'em our mettle and drink like the devil
    A         G        Em
And bring 'er on out again


[Verse 3]
        C
Now the bow is bleedin' banjaxed
     G
And half the sails are torn
    D
The stores are full of water
    A                        Bm
And two of the rafts are gone
     C
Now someone get me the poitín
     G
And grab the bleedin' oars

We'll row this bleedin' tub on home
      B
We're almost at the shore

[Bridge]
D C G D A Em D C G B Em B


[Chorus]

Em
Hold fast, me mеrry lads
    D
The night is nearin' the end
        C                   G
No matter the storm, we'll pull her to shore
        D            A
We're ramblin' home again
Em
Hold fast, until the last
       D
As the waves are thunderin' in
           C                       G
And we'll show 'em our mettle and drink like the devil
    A         G        Em
And bring 'er on out again

C G A Em

[Outro]
          C
Then we'll pull her to shore
             G
And sink the wee hoor
       A
And we won't
   G        D      E
We won't be out again