Castaway chords by Kris Kristofferson

Chords with lyrics

Castaway
From the album Feeling Mortal

CAPO 1

[Intro]

  A augmentedA     A/GA/G
  d u u u d u
e|---------------|
BB|---2--2--2---2-|
G+G|---2--2--2---2-| x4
D MajorD|-2-2--2--2---2-|
A augmentedA|-0-------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---|

[Verse 1]

A/GA/G  A augmentedA         A/GA/G    A augmentedA
One day as I was sailing on the Caribbean Sea
  G+G               A augmentedA
I spied a little fishing vessel drifting aimlessly
A/GA/G A augmentedA              A/GA/G    A augmentedA
Her sails were torn and tattered, and her wheel was spinning free
  G+G                 A augmentedA
I told myself that little boat sure looks a lot like me

A/GA/G A augmentedA


[Verse 2]

A/GA/G  A augmentedA           A/GA/G   A augmentedA
As I pulled along beside her and I climbed upon her deck
    G+G                A augmentedA
In the silence I could feel the hair a-rising on my neck
  A/GA/G A augmentedA              A/GA/G   A augmentedA
And I thought as I walked through the empty quarters down below
   G+G               A augmentedA
That lost abandoned vessel was the sister of my soul

A/GA/G A augmentedA


[Chorus]

        D MajorD
'Cause like a ship without a rudder I'm just drifting with the tide
     A augmentedA        G+G       A augmentedA
And each day I'm drawing closer to the brink
     D MajorD
Just a speck upon the waters of an ocean deep and wide
    E MajorE             A augmentedA
I won't even make a ripple when I sink

[Interlude]
BB B/A BB

[Verse 3]

B/A   BB           B/A    BB
In the emptiness my footsteps were like echoes in a cave
   A augmentedA                  BB
That seemed to say there ain't no way to leave this floating grave
   B/A   BB           B/A   BB
And when I scrambled to the deck my ship had vanished like a dream
     A augmentedA                BB
Leaving nothing but the lonely waves to hear my silent scream

B/A A augmentedA


[Chorus]

        E MajorE
'Cause like a ship without a rudder I'm just drifting with the tide
     BB        A augmentedA       BB
And each day I'm drawing closer to the brink
     E MajorE
Just a speck upon the waters of an ocean deep and wide
    F#F#             BB
I won't even make a ripple when I sink