The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint chords by Guy Clark

Chords with lyrics

The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint ('Heartworn Highways' version)


Intro - E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m

E MajorE             F# minorF#m
Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier
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Lord it looks like Captain Flint is here
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You get the bow, I get the stern
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Lord would you look at that Laverne
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Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue sea.
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and buckets of fish for you and me

Chorus

 E MajorE  E6E6 (shuffle)
But Old Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclined
             B7B7       E MajorE  F# minorF#m
And there's no home port painted on her stern
 E MajorE E6E6 (shuffle)
And they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coast
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But you saw home didn't you Laverne?


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Daddy says Flint is a weird old bird
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And what's more I have heard
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That his nets are charmed by a woman who knew
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How to work that Louisiana voo-doo
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Laverne get away from that boat you hear
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your mama don't want you hangin' round here


Chorus