Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: F minorFm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD
A augmentedA hundred days at sea, A augmentedA wretch away from misery
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Rummies and rats and tarry jacks my only family
E minorEm D MajorD
The island of salvation Is still a scream away
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm
As the lungs of the night Blow out the light my heart kneels Down to pray
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
E minorEm D MajorD
I' ?m killing and I' ?m drinking My blue heart to black
G+G C majorC E minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back
Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD
The Gypsy was a siren, Dripping with desire
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Her moonlit hair and skin so fair as warm as frozen fire
E minorEm D MajorD
She had the loyalty of a cat, behind those pale green eyes
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
Through her cherry lips, the devil slipped a thousand lies
E minorEm D MajorD
A augmentedA clan of rogues and vagabonds, occupied her head
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
That thieving band took her pale white hand and stole her from my bed
E minorEm D MajorD
And like a ghost ship in the night, She drifted out once more
A augmentedA B minorBm E minorEm
To land upon the sand of another lover' ?s shore
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
E minorEm D MajorD
I' ?m killing and I'm drinking My blue heart to black
G+G C majorC E minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back
Verse 3:
E minorEm D MajorD
In my sleeping mind she sings a sad and lonely lullaby
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
When I wake there's just the ache it will haunt me till I die
E minorEm D MajorD
When those winds of vanity no longer blow her west
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
I pray they' ?ll guide her home across the foam: and put my heart to rest
E minorEm D MajorD
Press gang filled this Man-o-War To make the black mouthed cannon roar
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Now all my trade is ball and blade, and blood forever more
E minorEm D MajorD
And the sting of salt and spray, the ocean's howl and squall
A augmentedA B minorBm E minorEm
A augmentedA stumbling wreck, I roam the deck, at the devil' ?s beck and call
B minorBm E minorEm
At the devil' ?s beck and call
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm
Now I' ?m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
E minorEm D MajorD
I' ?m killing and Iâ ?m drinking My blue heart to black
G+G C majorC E minorEm
But I swear oh lord I' ?ll never sin again If you bring her back