Jim's Giant Harmonica Songbook
Shrimp Boats
Chorus
-6 -5 -5 -5 -4-5
Shrimp boats is a-comin'
6 -6 -5 -4 4
their sails are in sight.
-6 -5 -5 -5 -4-5
Shrimp boats is a-comin
6 -6 -5 -4 -5
there's dancin' tonight.
7 7 7 -8 7 -6 7 7 -6 7
Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home?
7 7 7 -8 7 -6 7 7 -6 7
Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home?
-6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -4-5
Look here the shrimp boats is a-comin'
6 -6 -5 -4 -5
there's dancin' tonight.
-6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -5 6 -6 -5 -4 4
Shrimp boats is a-coming their sails are in sight.
-6 -5 -5 -5 -4 -5 6 -6 -5 -4 -5
Shrimp boats is a-comin' there's dancin' tonight.
7 7 7 -8 7 -6 7 7 -6 7
Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home?
7 7 7 -8 7 -6 7 7 -6 6
Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home?
-6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5-4-5
Yea, the shrimp boats is a-comin
6 -6 -5 -4 -5
there's dancin' tonight.
verse 1
-6 7 -6 -5 -4 5 -5-4-4 4
They go to see with the evenin' tide
4 4 -5-5 -5 6 -5 6 -6
And their womenfolk wave their goodbyes.
7-6 8 -8 7-6 8 -8
They'll come back. There they go.
-5 -5 6 6-5-5 6 -5 -5 -5
While the Louisiana moon floats on high---
-5 -5 6 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5
And they wait for the day they can cry---
---repeat chorus tabs
Shrimp boats is a comin' etc.----sails are in sight
Shrimp boats, etc. dancin' tonight
Why don't your hurry, etc. home?
Why don't, etc. home?
Shrimp boats etc. dancin' tonight
Shrimp boats etc dancin' tonight
verse 2
--repeat tabs for first verse
Happy the days while they're mending the nets,
Til once more they ride high out to sea.
The'll come back. There they go.
Then how lonely the long nights will be--
Til that wonderful day when they see
----repeat chorus tabs
Shrimp boats is a-comin' sails are in sight.
Shrimp boats is a-comin' dancin' tonight
Why don't you hurry home
Why don't you hurry home
-6 -5 -5 -5 -4-5
Shrimp boats is a-comin'
6 -6-5 6 -6 -5
there's dancin', there's dancin'
6 -6 7 -6 7
There's dancin' tonight!
