On The Boat To Liverpool Song Lyrics By Nathan Carter

The guitar chords are included in the key of E and G. An Irish country music song. The Nathan Carter Band play this song in the key of E Major.

Sailed away from the old North Wall
Travelling feet gave me the call,
Leaving, a suitcase in my hand,
With the price of a pint, didn't need a bite.
There was good old craic on the boat that night.
As we left our homes in Ireland.
Chorus
And the lights they flickered from the shore,
The boat was rocking to and fro,
Heading for the docks in Liverpool,
We sang and danced the night away,
The squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
Stepping off the boat in Liverpool.

Rise up at the craic of dawn,
Working hard the whole week long,
At night time I'd play me old guitar,
And we sang together one and all,
Side by side and standing tall.

Chorus
And the lights they flickered from the shore,
The boat was rocking to and fro,
Heading for the docks in Liverpool,
We sang and danced the night away,
The squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
Stepping off the boat in Liverpool.

Now that was many years ago,
But fortune came I'll have you know,
Leaving that old suitcase in my hand,
The time has come to bid adieu
To good old pals in Liverpool
Tomorrow I'll be back in Ireland.

And the lights they flickered from the shore,
The boat was rocking to and fro,
Heading for the docks in Liverpool,
We sang and danced the night away,
The squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
Stepping off the boat in Liverpool.

Intro. chords E A E
[E]Sailed away from the old North Wall
Travelling feet gave me the call,
Leaving, a suitcase in my [A]hand,
With the [E]price of a pint, didn't [B]need a bite.
There was [E]good old craic on the boat that night.
[A]As we left our [E]homes in Ireland.
Chorus
And the [B]lights they flickered from the shore,
The [E]boat was rocking to and fro,
Heading [A]for the [E]docks in Liverpool,
We [A]sang and danced the night away,
The [E]squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
[A]Stepping off the [B]boat in Liver[E]pool.

Music break chords
E    A B E

[E]Rise up at the craic of dawn,
Working hard the whole week long,
At night time I'd play me old gui[A]tar,
And we [E]sang together [B]one and all,
[E]Side by side and standing tall.
The [A]craic was good down [B]in the Liffey Bar

Chorus
[ElThe[B]ights they flickered from the shore,
The [E]boat was rocking to and fro,
[A]Down beside the [E]docks in Liver[B]pool,
We [A]sang and danced the night away,
The [E]squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
[A]Stepping off that [B]night in Liver[E]pool.

E    A E A B C
Key change

[C]Now [F]that was many years ago,
But fortune came I'll have you know,
Leaving that old suitcase in my [Bb]hand,
The [F]time has come to bid adieu
To good old pals in Liverpool
To[Bb]morrow I'll be [F]back in Ireland.

And the [C]lights they flickered from the shore,
The [F]boat was rocking to and fro,
[Bb]Heading for the [F]docks in Liver[C]pool,
We [Bb]sang and danced the night away,
The [F]squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
[C]Steppin off the boat in Liver[F]pool
Ah we're [Bb]steppin' off the [C]boat in Liverpool
F  Bb F Bb C F Bb F C F
C  F   C  F Bb F C F

The chords are the one's that Nathan Carter and his band play the song in. Please note that there is a key change half way through the song. If you don't know about key changes, well they are basically put into songs to make them more interesting to play. You don't have to play the key changes yourself if you don't want to.

Here are another set of chords if the others don't suit your voice, and if they don't suit you then use a capo. 

Key Of G
[G]Sailed away from the old North Wall
Travelling feet gave me the call,
Leaving, a suitcase in my [C]hand,
With the [G]price of a pint, didn't [D]need a bite.
There was [G]good old craic on the boat that night.
[C]As we left our [G]homes in Ireland.
Chorus
And the [D]lights they flickered from the shore,
The [G]boat was rocking to and fro,
Heading [C]for the [G]docks in Liverpool,
We [C]sang and danced the night away,
The [G]squeezebox, sang and the fiddle played,
[C]Stepping off the [D]boat in Liver[G]pool.