Drunken Sailor - The Irish Rovers (Kalimba Tab)

The traditional sea shanty "What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor" humorously explores humorous and absurd solutions for handling an intoxicated sailor. Through repetitive verses, the song suggests humorous actions like shaving his belly with a rusty razor, stowing him in a long boat until sobriety returns, or even placing him in awkward situations like a scupper with a hosepipe bottom or in bed with the captain's daughter. 

Letter Notes

A A A A A A
A D F A
G G G G G G
G C E G
A A A A A A
A B C° D°
C° A G E D D
A A A
A D F A
G G G
G C E G
A A A
A B C° D°
C° A G E D D
A A A A A A
A D F A
G G G G G G
G C E G
A A A A A A
A B C° D°
C° A G E D D
A A A A D F A
G G G G C E G
A A A A B C° D°
C° A G E D D
A° E° D° E°
E° E° E° E° E° E°
E° A C° E° D° D° D° D° D° D° D° G B C°
E° E° E° E° E° E° E° F° G° A°
G° E° D° B
B B E° E° E°
E° A C E° D° D° D°
D° G B D° E° E° E° E° F° G° A°
G° E° D° B A A
F° A° B° D°
E° E° E° E° E° E° E° G° C° E°
G° G° G° G° G° G° G° B° D° G°
A° A° A° A° A° A°
A° D° F° A°
G° E° D° C° A A
A A A A A A
A D F A
G G G G G G G C E G
A A A A
A A B C° D°
C° A G E D G° 

Number Notation

6 6 6 6 6 6
6 2 4 6
5 5 5 5 5 5
5 1 3 5
6 6 6 6 6 6
6 7 1° 2°
1° 6 5 3 2 2
6 6 6
6 2 4 6
5 5 5
5 1 3 5
6 6 6
6 7 1° 2°
1° 6 5 3 2 2
6 6 6 6 6 6
6 2 4 6
5 5 5 5 5 5
5 1 3 5
6 6 6 6 6 6
6 7 1° 2°
1° 6 5 3 2 2
6 6 6 6 2 4 6
5 5 5 5 1 3 5
6 6 6 6 7 1° 2°
1° 6 5 3 2 2
6° 3° 2° 3°
3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3°
3° 6 1° 3° 2° 2° 2° 2° 2° 2° 2° 5 7 1°
3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 4° 5° 6°
5° 3° 2° 7
7 7 3° 3° 3°
3° 6 1 3° 2° 2° 2°
2° 5 7 2° 3° 3° 3° 3° 4° 5° 6°
5° 3° 2° 7 6 6
4° 6° 7° 2°
3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 5° 1° 3°
5° 5° 5° 5° 5° 5° 5° 7° 2° 5°
6° 6° 6° 6° 6° 6°
6° 2° 4° 6°
5° 3° 2° 1° 6 6
6 6 6 6 6 6
6 2 4 6
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 3 5
6 6 6 6
6 6 7 1° 2°
1° 6 5 3 2 5°

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