The Can Do chords by Brian Flynn

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

Key: C minorCm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
A minorAm         C majorC        G+G      A minorAm
In a dozen coastal towns, when the sun is going down
  C majorC           E minorEm       A minorAm
The boats are tied and the fishing is all through
  A minorAm        C majorC      G+G       A minorAm
For another shot-and-beer you'll likely get to hear
    C majorC        G+G      A minorAm
Of the pilot boat they call the CAN DO

Chorus:
   FF     G+G      C majorC        A minorAm
Then lift your glass to the seasons as they pass
    FF    G+G       FF
To the men who sail the seas alone
FF   G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
Say a prayer for the women waiting there
    A minorAm   G+G        A minorAm
For the men who never will come home

Verse 2:
 A minorAm        C majorC       G+G       A minorAm
A augmentedA blizzard from the North blew the tanker off her course
    C majorC        E minorEm       A minorAm
And the GLOBAL HOPE was grounded on the sand
      A minorAm       C majorC       G+G     A minorAm
There were forty men they said, then the radio went dead
  C majorC           G+G        A minorAm
And no one knew they were just a mile from land


Alternate Chorus:
     FF        G+G        C majorC       A minorAm
Well the CAN DO heard the call, and their boat was very small
   FF       G+G        FF
They wondered how a tanker could get lost
      FF       G+G      C majorC        A minorAm
And like a single silent voice, they knew they had no choice
    A minorAm       G+G      A minorAm
But to find the GLOBAL HOPE at any cost

Verse 3:
     A minorAm       C majorC       G+G           A minorAm
Well the snow made them blind and the seas could read their mind
    C majorC        E minorEm       A minorAm
And the wind laughed at every turn they made
    A minorAm       C majorC    G+G         A minorAm
'Til a big one hit the side and flipped her like a dime
    C majorC        G+G       A minorAm
And it drove her like a nail into the wave

Chorus:
   FF     G+G      C majorC        A minorAm
Then lift your glass to the seasons as they pass
    FF    G+G       FF
To the men who sail the seas alone
FF   G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
Say a prayer for the women waiting there
    A minorAm   G+G        A minorAm
For the men who never will come home

Verse 4:
     A minorAm       C majorC      G+G      A minorAm
There's a little boy who plays by the harbor every day
    C majorC       E minorEm       A minorAm
And his mother cannot hide her tears for long
    A minorAm        C majorC      G+G         A minorAm
For she knows salt water runs in the blood of sailors' sons
  C majorC          G+G       A minorAm
And she knows there's no ending to this song

Chorus:
   FF     G+G      C majorC        A minorAm
Then lift your glass to the seasons as they pass
    FF    G+G       FF
To the men who sail the seas alone
FF   G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
Say a prayer for the women waiting there
    A minorAm   G+G        A minorAm
For the men who never will come home

Coda:
      FF          G+G        C majorC       A minorAm
For they're cruising where it's warm and they'll never see the storm
     A minorAm   G+G        A minorAm
And they never, never will come home