Dm         A             F        A          F          C      Dm   
It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whaler-men undergo
       Dm           A             F       A         F        C         Dm   
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done, how hard the winds did blow
          Dm                      C                    F                   A
For we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground with a good ship, taut and free
       Dm           A            F         A            F        C      Dm   
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls of old Maui


[Chorus]
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm   
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


[Verse 2]
     Dm      A             F         A                F       C        Dm   
Once more we sail with the northerly gale through the ice and wind and rain
     Dm      A            F        A         F          C     Dm   
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon shall see again
    Dm                   C                  F              A
Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka sea
    Dm        A              F      A               F       C       Dm   
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


[Chorus]
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm   
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


[Verse 3]
     Dm      A             F         A       F         C        Dm   
Once more we sail with the northerly gale, towards our island home
    Dm       A           F       A         F        C         Dm   
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam
    Dm                 C                  F                 A
Our stu'n's'l booms is carried away, what care we for that sound?
  Dm     A       F     A         F         C        Dm   
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound!


[Chorus]
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm   
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


[Verse 4]
     Dm      A                  F      A              F      C      Dm   
How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern
     Dm      A          F        A           F       C      Dm   
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return
     Dm                  C                     F                A
Even now their big brown eyes look out, hoping some fine day to see
    Dm        A           F        A               F       C     Dm   
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui


[Chorus]
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm   
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm   
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui