Deep Blue Sea

Jimmy Dean

Written by Steven Harvey and Martin Seligson

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
       F   C                         G7
Storms are coming hear the wind blow free
C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
                                  G7            C
It was Willie what got drowned in the deep blue sea

Verse 2

                                F                C
Ole Willie was a roving kind so tall and passing fair
                                               G7
From Mandalay to Frisco Bay they knew him everywhere
    C                             F                    C
Ten thousand women worshipped him and it was said that he
                                     G7                  C
Kissed everyone but care for none he loved the deep blue sea

Verse 1

C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
       F   C                         G7
Storms are coming hear the wind blow free
C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
                                  G7            C
It was Willie what got drowned in the deep blue sea

Verse 3

                          F              C
They rioted in Tokyo when Willie stepped ashore
                                                G7
In Chili Willie kissed five hundred women maybe more
    C                                    F              C
But then he only smiled and said there’s no one gal for me
                                          G7                 C
I’ll fight the gale harpoon the whale and sail the deep blue sea

Verse 4

                                  F                   C
Now Willie was the roving kind at least he thought he was
                                                     G7
But just like you and just like me his roving’s done because
  C                                     F               C
A blue eyed gal has scuttled him that’s how it’s got to be
                                      G7                 C
She drowned him in two blue eyes just like the deep blue sea

Verse 1

C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
       F   C                         G7
Storms are coming hear the wind blow free
C    F    C   G7     C    F    C
Deep blue sea Willie deep blue sea
                                  G7            C
It was Willie what got drowned in the deep blue sea