Father Neptune chords by Connie Converse

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E B7/E (x2)

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

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

Chorus:
    A7          D
I'm not a pious Christian
  A7           D
I do not go to mass
      G       C      G
But I pray to Father Neptune
   Am             E
To let him safely pass


B7    E                        B7/E
I.... sing to the God with the three-pronged rod
        E                 A7
And the whiskers wild and free
     E                     B7/E
That I've got a man with a beard and tan
      A7              E
And a passion for the sea

Verse:
E                    B7/E           E            B7/E
He rides through the storm, and the cold and the warm
       E                 A7
And he loves to risk his neck
      E       B7/E         E      B7/E
And I like to know when he goes below
          E      B7/E    E
That it's just below the deck

Chorus:
   A7              D
Oh Neptune, Father Neptune
  A7                D
I tell you fair and true
        G          C       G
That if you should lose my sailor
     Am              E
I'll sing no more to you

B7        E                   B7/E
When he's home from sea he is half with me
         E                     A7
And he's gone when I close the door
         E                       B7/E
And it's still his creed that he has no need
      A7          E
For a wife except onshore

Outro:
  E           B7/E      E          B7/E
I know it's a boat that keeps him afloat
      E                  A7
But I like to think it's me
    E                     D7add9
And if it were not for this
        C7add9       B7add9       E  B7/E  E  B7/E  E
I would sink to the depths of the sea