What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor

Traditional · sea shanty · D minor · 4/4 · 132 BPM · 10 bars · Sea songs

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What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor sits in Sea songs, written in D minor. It uses 2 chords across 10 bars, at about 132 BPM.

Chords in this song

DmC

Dm

C

Chord chart

Chord chart
1Dm·C·
2Dm·C·
3Dm·

How to sing it

Sing What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor in D minor, four beats a bar, 10 bars. Open on Dm and rest on Dm. Keep time at 132.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C minorCm · Bb · Cm · Bb · Cm
Db minorC#m · B · C#m · B · C#m
D minor · Written in this keyDm · C · Dm · C · Dm
Eb minorD#m · C# · D#m · C# · D#m
E minorEm · D · Em · D · Em
F minorFm · Eb · Fm · Eb · Fm
F# minorF#m · E · F#m · E · F#m
G minorGm · F · Gm · F · Gm
Ab minorG#m · F# · G#m · F# · G#m
A minorAm · G · Am · G · Am
Bb minorBbm · Ab · Bbm · Ab · Bbm
B minorBm · A · Bm · A · Bm

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Why this song is free to play

Traditional England song, composer unknown. First written record in 1824. With no identifiable composer and a publication in 1824, the term has expired in Korea, the EU and the US. The 1824 record was checked against standard references.

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