Lovers Wreck Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: Fm Difficulty: Intermediate Verse 1: Em D A hundred days at sea, A wretch away from misery C D Em Rummies and rats and tarry jacks my only family Em D The island of salvation Is still a scream away D Em A Em As the lungs of the night Blow out the light my heart kneels Down to pray Chorus: Em D Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me Em Bm Em Now I'??m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea Em D I'??m killing and I'??m drinking My blue heart to black G C Em But I swear oh lord I'??ll never sin again If you bring her back

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