The Pogues - Drunken Boat: Ukulele Chords
Learn to play "Drunken Boat" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Drunken Boat ukulele chords and lyrics
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Drunken Boat" smoothly on your ukulele.
 Cm The wind was whipping shingle through G the windows in the town A hail of stones across the roof, Cm the slates came raining down A blade of light upon the spit Fm came sweeping through the roar G With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor Mother, pack me bags, because I'm off to foreign parts Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts I'll pin your likeness on the wall, right by my sleeping head I'll send you cards and letters s o you'll know that I'm not dead By this time in a week, I should be far away from home Trailing fingers through the phosphor or asleep in flowers of foam From Macao to Acapulco, from Havana to Seville We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill An aria with the Russians at the piano in the bar With ice floes through the window, we raised glasses to the Czar We squared off on a dockside with a couple a hundred Finns And we dallied in the 'dilly and we soaked ourselves in gin Chorus: Fm Cm Now the only deck that I'd want to walk G Cm Are the stalks of corn beneath my feet Fm Cm And the only sea I want to sail G Is the darkened pond in the scented dusk Where a kid crouched full of sadness Cm G Cm Lets his boat go drifting out into the evening sun We sailed through constellations and were rutted by the storm I crumpled under cudgel blows and finally came ashore I spent the next two years or more just staring at the wall We went to sea to see the world, what do you think we saw? If we turned the table upside-down and sailed around the bed Clamped knives between our teeth and tied bandanas 'round our heads With the wainscot our horizon and the ceiling as the sky You'd not expect that anyone would go and fucking die Chorus At nights we passed the bottle 'round and drank to our lost friends We lay alone upon our bunks and prayed that this would end A wall of moving shadows with rows of swinging keys We dreamed that whole leviathans lay rotting in the reeds There's a sound that comes from miles away, if you lean your head to hear A ship's bell rings onboard a wreck when the air is still and clear And up above, that means another angel's got his wings But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink Chorus | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsCm  Fm  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Drunken Boat" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Drunken Boat" by The Pogues.