The Day Of The Clipper chords by The Clancy Brothers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: BB

Difficulty: Intermediate

The Day of the Clipper - https://youtu.be/aAY5saopMgg
Capo on the 3rd fret

Verse 1:
G+G                     C majorC     G+G
You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon
                    D MajorD       D7D7
You can feel the chanty wailing to the heaving of the men
    C majorC        D MajorD           G+G        C majorC
You can feel the seas up to your knees and you know the sea is rising
    G+G         C majorC      D MajorD
And you know the clipper's day has come again

G+G                   C majorC    D7D7   G+G
To the men on high, the bosun's cry commands a killing strain
                 D MajorD  D7D7
Till every mother's son begins to pray ...
    C majorC        D MajorD         G+G        C majorC
With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain
    G+G       D MajorD   D7D7   G+G
And the ship has never seen a better day

Chorus:
D MajorD                 C majorC       G+G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
     C majorC        G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G       C majorC
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
    G+G           C majorC        D MajorD     D7D7  G+G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again

Verse 2:
G+G                 C majorC         G+G
Wooden beams and human dreams are all that makes her go
                  D MajorD   D7D7
And the magic of the wind upon her sails ...
   C majorC        D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
She'd rather fight the weather than the fishes down below
  G+G       C majorC      D MajorD
God help us if the rigging ever fails

    G+G                 C majorC    D7D7    G+G
As the timber creaks, the captain speaks above the vessel's groan
                   D MajorD  D7D7
'Til every soul on board can hear the call ...
   C majorC        D MajorD       G+G        C majorC
It's nothing but the singing of the ship inside her bones
  G+G        D MajorD    D7D7   G+G
And this is when she like it best of all

Chorus:
D MajorD                 C majorC       G+G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
     C majorC        G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G       C majorC
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
    G+G           C majorC        D MajorD     D7D7  G+G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again

Verse 3:
G+G                       C majorC         G+G
Where the current goes, the clipper's nose is plowing fields of green
                      D MajorD  D7D7
Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well ...
   C majorC         D MajorD       G+G        C majorC
Where men could be when lost at sea is somewhere in between
  G+G      C majorC      D MajorD
The regions of a heaven and a hell

    G+G                C majorC  D7D7   G+G
They're sailing eastern harbors and the California shores
                     D MajorD  D7D7
If you set your mind to see them then you can ...
    C majorC         D MajorD        G+G       C majorC
As you count each mast go sailing past you prouder than before
      G+G         D MajorD    D7D7  G+G
Then you'll know the clipper's day has come again

Chorus:
D MajorD                 C majorC       G+G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
     C majorC        G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G       C majorC
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
    G+G           C majorC        D MajorD     D7D7  G+G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again