The (C)boat rides south of (G)Ailsa (C)Craig in the (F)waning (C)of the (G)light
There's (F)thirty (G)men in (C)Lendal(Am)fit to (F)make our (C)burden (G)light -And there's (C)thirty horse in (G)Hazle(C)holm with the (F)halters (C)on their (G)heads
All (F)set this (G)night up (C)on your (Am)life if (Dm)wind and water (C)speed
 [bad word] (Am)Smugglers drink of the (Em)frenchmens wine

And the (Am)darkest night is the (C)smugglers (G)time
A(F)way we ran from the (C)excise (Am)man
It's a (C)smugglers life for (F)me
It's a (C)smugglers (G7)life for (C)me

"Oh (C)lass you have a (G)cozy (C)bed, and (F)cattle (C)you have (G)ten
Can (F)you not (G)live a (C)lawful (Am)life and (F)live with (C)lawful (G)men?"  -But (C)must I use old (G)homely (C)goods while there's (F)foreign (C)gear so (G)fine?
Must (F)I drink (G)at the (C)water(Am)side and (Dm)France so full of (C)wine
 [bad word] 
Though (C)well I like to (G)see you (C)Kate, with a (F)baby (C)on your (G)knee
My(F)heart is (G)now with the (C)gallant (Am)crew that (F)plough through the (C)angry (G)sea - The (C)bitter gale, the (G)tightest (C)sail, and the (F)sheltered (C)bay or (G)goal
It's the (F)wayward (G)life, it's the (C)smugglers (Am)strife, it's the (Dm)joy of the smugglers (C)soul
 [bad word] 
And (C)when at last the [bad word] (C)up and the (F)cargo’s (C)safely (G)stored
Like (F)sinless (G)saints to (C)church we'll (Am)go, God's (F)mercy (C)to a(G)fford -And It's (C)champagne fine for [bad word] (C)wine and the (F)parson (C)drinks it, (G)too
With a (F)sly wink (G)prays "For(C)give these (Am)men, for they (Dm)know not what they (C)do"
 [bad word] 
It's a (C)smugglers life for (F)me
It's a (C)smugglers (G)life for (C)me