Castaway chords by Kris Kristofferson

Castaway
From the album Feeling Mortal

CAPO 1

[Intro]

   A         A/G
   d u  u  u d u
e|---------------|
B|---2--2--2---2-|
G|---2--2--2---2-| x4
D|-2-2--2--2---2-|
A|-0-------------|
E|-----------3---|

[Verse 1]

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

A/G A


[Verse 2]

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

A/G A


[Chorus]

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

[Interlude]
B B/A B


[Verse 3]

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

B/A A


[Chorus]

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