Trochus Boats chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE

Verse:

   A augmentedA   D MajorD    A augmentedA      E MajorE
I am living dry and placid now, among encircling mountains


  D MajorD   A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA    BB         E MajorE
An old man still remembering the days that used to be


   D MajorD         A augmentedA         F# minorF#m        C# minorC#m
But I close my eyes and live again, those days of sweat and laughter

    D MajorD         A augmentedA       E MajorE       A augmentedA   E MajorE
When we worked the trochus luggers in the western Coral Sea


Verse:

    A augmentedA  D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE
Sailing in a black hulled lugger with a lookout at the masthead


    D MajorD   A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA    BB        E MajorE
You may drift along the coral cays and anchor where you please


    D MajorD       A augmentedA       F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
In the glassy leeside waters of some rocky offshore island


      D MajorD       A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA
Though the outer reef be trembling under pounding whitened seas


Chorus:

    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    E MajorE       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...

    E MajorE       A augmentedA    E MajorE
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


Verse:

    A augmentedA   D MajorD    A augmentedA       E MajorE
You may anchor calm and safely in the shallows over coral


     D MajorD   A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA   BB        E MajorE
Where the waters glimmer peacock in a hundred shifting shades


    D MajorD         A augmentedA        F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
You can hear the rippling wavelets tinkle gently on the beaches


    D MajorD        A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA
And the stays and braces thrumming in the southeast trades


Chorus:

    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    E MajorE       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    E MajorE       A augmentedA    E MajorE
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


Verse:

    A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA         E MajorE
To the north of Lizard Island and to the south of Iron Range


   D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD   A augmentedA    BB          E MajorE
In my dreams I am returning to the place where I would be


    D MajorD        A augmentedA         F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
To the laughing Torres Straitsmen singing softly in the twilight


    D MajorD        A augmentedA      E MajorE         A augmentedA
To the trochus lugger's anchorage in Princess Charlotte Bay


Chorus:

    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    E MajorE       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...


    E MajorE       A augmentedA
Laddie oh..., Laddie ay...