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[INTRO]
A D G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Ever since the days of old the Navy's ruled the waves.
D G
For years they've told the world that Britain's never shall be slaves.
C G
The Navy still remembers and you'll often hear them say
A7 D
What Nelson told Napoleon upon Trafalgar day.
[Chorus 1]
G D
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right.
G
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, you might have been sitting tight
A
You might have been in Civvy Street instead of in the fight
D G
But it serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right
C G A D
And it's no use kicking up a row because your nobody's sweetheart now.
G A
You can weep and sigh and pipe your eye but still youre in the fight
D G
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right.
[Verse 2]
G C G
I wouldn't mind the Navy if the blinking ship were still
D G
It's all this bobbing up and down that makes me feel so ill.
C G
The seas alright for sharks and whales and things the like of that
A7 D
But I'd rather stick my Marlin's Pike in llkley Moor ba'tat
[Chorus 2]
G D
But It serves me right, I shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves me right
G
It serves me right, I shouldn't have joined, I might have been sitting tight.
A
When I was cleaning windows I would keep em nice and bright
D G
But now I'm polishing portholes, rubbing them up with all me might.
C D G A D
And it's no use kicking up a row because I'm nobody's sweetheart now.
[Verse 3]
G A
One day up in the crows nest I was feeling bright and gay
D
'Til the captain shouted Dont come down, we've taken the ship away'.
G
I used to be a chimney sweep in dear old Wigan town.
A7 D
I used to do the lady's down the street for half a crown
G C
But now I don't get nothing for the little jobs I do.
A7 D
I wish I was in Wigan sweeping Mrs.Jones's flue.
[Chrous 3]
G D
But it serves me right, I shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves me right
It serves me right, I shouldn't have joined, I might have been sitting tight.
G A7
I thought in every port I'd get a cuddle every night
D G
But all I've done is cuddle a gun and work up an appetite.
C D G A D
And it's no use kicking up a row because I'm nobody's sweetheart now.
G A
There's a draught around my fore and aft my jumper's much too tight
D G
I've got barnacles on my binnacle and it ruddy well serves me right.
[G O]
G Em D G A D G Am G A D G A D
[Chorus 4]
G D
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right.
G
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, you might have been sitting tight
G A
You can weep and sigh and pipe your eye but still youre in the fight
D G
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right.
[OUTRO]
C
A life on the open sea, is not very good for me
D G
It serves you right, you shouldn't have joined, it jolly well serves you right!
