The Can Do chords by Brian Flynn

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Cm

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

Coda:
            F                   G                C             Am
For they're cruising where it's warm and they'll never see the storm
         Am     G               Am
And they never, never will come home