Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Riff:
e|--------------------------2-|
BB|--------------------------3-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------4-|
D MajorD|-----2-----2-----2-----4----|
A augmentedA|--------------------2-------|
E MajorE|--0-------------------------|
Intro:
E minorEm B minorBm
E minorEm B minorBm
Verse 1:
E minorEm B minorBm
Lady you are my peace of mind
E minorEm B minorBm
Were I to seek your par none I could find
E minorEm B minorBm
You delicately went to curry land
C majorC A minorAm
And left a lonely man
E minorEm EmM7 G+G
Ah me yogi blue
G+G A augmentedA
He thought to himself as he sat before
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm
His stocks and shares a dreadful bore
G+G A augmentedA
If I'm to live another happy day
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm
I best make haste and be on my way
Verse 2:
B minorBm
E minorEm B minorBm
He at his desk did write and indicate
E minorEm B minorBm
To lawyer friend and intimate
E minorEm B minorBm
His lamentable grief did necessitate
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm EmM7 G+G
The need for one swift bird to sail the ocean o'er
G+G A augmentedA
A majorA sailing schooner was soon seen sailing
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm
Swift and silent around the sound
G+G A augmentedA
Salutating seagulls heralding
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm
The wonderous transport upon the wing
Verse 3:
B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm
E minorEm B minorBm
Twenty days from Goa they did espie
E minorEm B minorBm
A augmentedA wealthy merchant bound for Arabi-iy
E minorEm
Exchanging greetings
B minorBm
Had he heard the news
A augmentedA
The Lady Hall had drowned
E minorEm EmM7 G+G
The price of Ninevah rose
G+G A augmentedA
Storms and tempests his shattered mind beset
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm
Hurricanes of pains raged and tore
G+G A augmentedA
Truly drowned in grief he did repair
C majorC D MajorD BB E minorEm B minorBm
To haunted trinkets and gross despair
Verse 4:
E minorEm B minorBm
E minorEm
All in white neath shade
B minorBm
In bamboo chair
E minorEm B minorBm
Military disipline has replaced despair
E minorEm B minorBm
Anchored in the bay of innocence
A minorAm C majorC
Is left a lonely man
A minorAm E minorEm EmM7 G+G
Lonely through and through
E minorEm B minorBm