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  • Capo on 1st
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramF minorFm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA hundred days at sea, Chord diagramA augmentedA wretch away from misery
Chord diagramC majorC                                     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm
Rummies and rats and tarry jacks my only family
Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramD MajorD
The island of salvation Is still a scream away
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramA augmentedA                                  Chord diagramE minorEm
As the lungs of the night Blow out the light my heart kneels Down to pray
Chorus:
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramE minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramD MajorD
I' ?m killing and I' ?m drinking My blue heart to black
        Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramE minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back


Verse 2:
Chord diagramE minorEm                     Chord diagramD MajorD
The Gypsy was a siren, Dripping with desire
      Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramE minorEm
Her moonlit hair and skin so fair as warm as frozen fire
Chord diagramE minorEm                                Chord diagramD MajorD
She had the loyalty of a cat, behind those pale green eyes
         Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramE minorEm
Through her cherry lips, the devil slipped a thousand lies
Chord diagramE minorEm                              Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA clan of rogues and vagabonds, occupied her head
         Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE minorEm
That thieving band took her pale white hand and stole her from my bed
Chord diagramE minorEm                                         Chord diagramD MajorD
And like a ghost ship in the night, She drifted out once more
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramE minorEm
To land upon the sand of another lover' ?s shore


Chorus:
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramE minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramD MajorD
I' ?m killing and I'm drinking My blue heart to black
        Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramE minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back
Verse 3:
Chord diagramE minorEm                                      Chord diagramD MajorD
In my sleeping mind she sings a sad and lonely lullaby
Chord diagramC majorC                                          Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramE minorEm
When I wake there's just the ache it will haunt me till I die
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
When those winds of vanity no longer blow her west
Chord diagramE minorEm                       Chord diagramA augmentedA                          Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE minorEm
I pray they' ?ll guide her home across the foam: and put my heart to rest
Chord diagramE minorEm                               Chord diagramD MajorD
Press gang filled this Man-o-War To make the black mouthed cannon roar
Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE minorEm
Now all my trade is ball and blade, and blood forever more
Chord diagramE minorEm                                   Chord diagramD MajorD
And the sting of salt and spray, the ocean's howl and squall
Chord diagramA augmentedA                                          Chord diagramB minorBm               Chord diagramE minorEm
Chord diagramA augmentedA stumbling wreck, I roam the deck, at the devil' ?s beck and call
Chord diagramB minorBm                      Chord diagramE minorEm
At the devil' ?s beck and call

Chorus:
Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramE minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramD MajorD
I' ?m killing and Iâ ?m drinking My blue heart to black
        Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramE minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back

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