Triangle chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Triangle


CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO:: C majorC

VERSE 1::

Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall
                 FF
Is the day when my ship will set sail
  G+G
The best of all friends will say good-bye again
                     C majorC
There's still time for one last glass of ale

VERSE 2::

We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall
                FF
On a southwind and lots of good cheer
  G+G
And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover
            C majorC
We'll be in Bahama next year


VERSE 3::

From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us
             FF
Will teach us a lesson or two
    G+G
There's many a mate who unevenly stated
               C majorC
The course he had charted was true


VERSE 4::

"Don't worry 'bout me", he said, "Go down below
             FF
Give a certified sailor a turn
   G+G
Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
              C majorC
'Son, you got something to learn'"

CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G+G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C majorC     FF      C majorC      FF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C majorC      FF     G+G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7G7          C majorC
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips


VERSE 5::

Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring
               FF
When the water runs heavy and fast
  G+G
The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball
                    C majorC
And it seems their first trip was their last


VERSE 6::

They had so much fun they don't wish to return
                  FF
To the beach where they lay all day long
    G+G
They'd rather stay under and boy it's no wonder
                C majorC
When all the rock lobsters roll on

It's a mighty fine way to be found


VERSE 7::

Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle
             FF
We're bound for Bahama my friend
   G+G
Like lovers like danger, like babies like mangers
               C majorC
But that's where my storybook ends


VERSE 8::

Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god
                 FF
And all kings without crosses to bear
  G+G
All sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours
              C majorC
Should try the Triangle out there


CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G+G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C majorC     FF      C majorC      FF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C majorC      FF     G+G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7G7          C majorC
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips


VERSE 9::

When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled
             FF
There was no confusion or blame
  G+G
The captain said, "Men we must answer again
               C majorC
To the sea, so ye may not complain"


VERSE 10::

And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep
                 FF
With their faces turned up to the stars
 G+G
A augmentedA tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said
            C majorC
"There goes another sandbar"


CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G+G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C majorC     FF      C majorC      FF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C majorC      FF     G+G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7G7          C majorC