C F C G C


[Verse 1]
C                       F
Up on the poop deck and walkin’ all about
C                          G
There’s the second mate so steady and so stout
C                            F
What he is a-thinkin’ of, he doesn’t know himself
      C                G           C
We wish that he would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!


[Chorus]
G                                C
Strike the bell second mate, and let us go below
F                                 C                 G
Look ye well to windward, you can see it’s going to blow
C                          F
Look at the glass, you can see that it has fell
C                      G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!


[Verse 2]
C                      F
Down on the main deck, workin' at the pumps
C                             G
There’s the bloody crew, just longin’ for their bunks
C                                  F
They look out to windward and they see a great big swell
        C                G                 C
They’re wishin’ that the second mate would strike, Strike the Bell!


[Chorus]
G                                C
Strike the bell second mate, and let us go below
F                                 C                 G
Look ye well to windward, you can see it’s going to blow
C                          F
Look at the glass, you can see that it has fell
C                      G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!


[Verse 3]
C                           F
Up on the fo’c’sle head and keepin’ sharp lookout
C                        G
Black Dog Nate stands, a-longin’ for to shout:
C                                  F
'The lights are burnin’ brightly, sir, and everything is swell
   C                   G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!'


[Chorus]
G                                C
Strike the bell second mate, and let us go below
F                                 C                 G
Look ye well to windward, you can see it’s going to blow
C                          F
Look at the glass, you can see that it has fell
C                      G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!


[Verse 4]
C                          F
Aft at the wheelhouse, The Last Mate stands
C                               G
Clutchin’ at the wheel with his frostbitten hands
C                                    F
He’s lookin’ at the compass, and his course is clear as hell
     C                G                 C
He’s wishin’ that the second mate would strike, Strike the Bell!

[Chorus]
G                                C
Strike the bell second mate, and let us go below
F                                 C                 G
Look ye well to windward, you can see it’s going to blow
C                          F
Look at the glass, you can see that it has fell
C                      G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and strike, Strike the Bell!


[Verse 5]
C                           F
Up on the quarter deck, our gallant captain stands
C                             G
Lookin’ out to seaward with a spyglass in her hands
C                             F
What she is a-thinkin’ of, we know very well,
      C                G                    C
She’s thinkin’ more of shortenin’ sail than Strikin’ the Bell!


[Chorus]
G                                C
Strike the bell second mate, and let us go below
F                                 C                 G
Look ye well to windward, you can see it’s going to blow
C                          F
Look at the glass, you can see that it has fell
C                      G            C
We wish that you would hurry up and Strike the Bloody Bell!