D
Come me boys and heave with me
G                  D
Let's get off this curs-ed sea
Bm               A
Let's be home to lovers and wives
G                                D
And leave behind these four hour lives



[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)

Workin' on the swell

D
(Four Hours)

Sloggin' in the rain

Bm
(Four Hours)

Workin' to the bell

      G
(Then Four Hours)
                D
'Til it starts again


[Verse 2]
D
Come me boys and heave with me
G                           D
The wind's my friend and my enemy
Bm                        A
It carries me home but it must be tamed
G                             D
Everything lost or everything gained


[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)

Workin' on the swell

D
(Four Hours)

Sloggin' in the rain

Bm
(Four Hours)

Workin' to the bell

      G
(Then Four Hours)
                D
'Til it starts again


[Verse 3]
D
Come me boys and heave with me
G                      D
Got scabrous hands and bloody knees
Bm                        A
When the bell tolls, I'll go below
G                                          D
My hands will callous and my strength will grow


[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)

Workin' on the swell

D
(Four Hours)

Sloggin' in the rain

Bm
(Four Hours)

Workin' to the bell

      G
(Then Four Hours)
                D
'Til it starts again



[Verse 4]
D
Come me boys and heave with away
G                        D
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Bm                    A
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
G                              D
 Better the dust from under my plow



[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)

Workin' on the swell

D
(Four Hours)

Sloggin' in the rain

Bm
(Four Hours)

Workin' to the bell

      G
(Then Four Hours)
                D
'Til it starts again



[Verse 5]
D
When I'm back in Bristol town
G                  D
I'll buy my love a silken gown
Bm                       A
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
G                            D
Until that bell sounds in my chest



[Chorus]
D
(Four Hours)

Workin' on the swell

D
(Four Hours)

Sloggin' in the rain

Bm
(Four Hours)

Workin' to the bell

      G
(Then Four Hours)
                D
'Til it starts again

D
Four Hours

Haulin' on the sheets!

D
Four Hours

Keepin' our feet!

Bm
Four Hours

Wrap me in the shroud

     G
Then Four Hours
              D
Lay me in the ground