Father Neptune chords by Connie Converse

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
E MajorE B7/E (x2)

Verse:
   E MajorE       B7/E
When my man goes to sea
  E MajorE         B7/E
He steps so high and free
 E MajorE         B7/E         E MajorE        B7/E
I think I know as I watch him go that he has no need for me
  E MajorE B7/E E MajorE B7/E
For me

Verse:
  E MajorE         B7/E
And when my man comes home
  E MajorE        B7/E
And waits a while to roam
 E MajorE          B7/E          E MajorE        B7/E
I think I see when he smiles at me that he's dreaming of the foam
  E MajorE  B7/E E MajorE B7/E
The foam

Chorus:
  A7A7     D MajorD
I'm not a pious Christian
 A7A7      D MajorD
I do not go to mass
   G+G    C majorC   G+G
But I pray to Father Neptune
  A minorAm       E MajorE
To let him safely pass


B7B7  E MajorE            B7/E
I.... sing to the God with the three-pronged rod
    E MajorE         A7A7
And the whiskers wild and free
   E MajorE           B7/E
That I've got a man with a beard and tan
   A7A7       E MajorE
And a passion for the sea

Verse:
E MajorE          B7/E      E MajorE      B7/E
He rides through the storm, and the cold and the warm
    E MajorE         A7A7
And he loves to risk his neck
   E MajorE    B7/E     E MajorE   B7/E
And I like to know when he goes below
     E MajorE   B7/E  E MajorE
That it's just below the deck

Chorus:
  A7A7       D MajorD
Oh Neptune, Father Neptune
 A7A7        D MajorD
I tell you fair and true
    G+G     C majorC    G+G
That if you should lose my sailor
   A minorAm       E MajorE
I'll sing no more to you

B7B7    E MajorE          B7/E
When he's home from sea he is half with me
     E MajorE           A7A7
And he's gone when I close the door
     E MajorE            B7/E
And it's still his creed that he has no need
   A7A7     E MajorE
For a wife except onshore

Outro:
 E MajorE      B7/E   E MajorE     B7/E
I know it's a boat that keeps him afloat
   E MajorE         A7A7
But I like to think it's me
  E MajorE           D7add9
And if it were not for this
    C7add9    B7add9    E MajorE B7/E E MajorE B7/E E MajorE
I would sink to the depths of the sea