The Day Of The Clipper chords by The Clancy Brothers
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
- Key: B
- Capo on 3rd
Difficulty: Intermediate The Day of the Clipper - https://youtu.be/aAY5saopMgg Capo on the 3rd fret Verse 1: G C G You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon D D7 You can feel the chanty wailing to the heaving of the men C D G C You can feel the seas up to your knees and you know the sea is rising G C D And you know the clipper's day has come again G C D7 G To the men on high, the bosun's cry commands a killing strain D D7 Till every mother's son begins to pray ... C D G C With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain G D D7 G And the ship has never seen a better day
Chorus: D C G Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters C G C D Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main C D G C So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters G C D D7 G For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again Verse 2: G C G Wooden beams and human dreams are all that makes her go D D7 And the magic of the wind upon her sails ... C D G C She'd rather fight the weather than the fishes down below G C D God help us if the rigging ever fails G C D7 G As the timber creaks, the captain speaks above the vessel's groan D D7 'Til every soul on board can hear the call ... C D G C It's nothing but the singing of the ship inside her bones G D D7 G And this is when she like it best of all Chorus: D C G Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters C G C D Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main C D G C So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters G C D D7 G For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again Verse 3: G C G Where the current goes, the clipper's nose is plowing fields of green D D7 Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well ... C D G C Where men could be when lost at sea is somewhere in between G C D The regions of a heaven and a hell G C D7 G They're sailing eastern harbors and the California shores D D7 If you set your mind to see them then you can ... C D G C As you count each mast go sailing past you prouder than before G D D7 G Then you'll know the clipper's day has come again Chorus: D C G Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters C G C D Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main C D G C So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters G C D D7 G For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again
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