Ghosts Of Cape Horn chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Ghosts Of Cape Horn


CAPO: 2nd Fret



[INTRO:] Dm C F G Dm  C  Dm C F G Dm  C Dm

[CHORUS 1:]
   C   F    G
All around old Cape Horn
Dm         C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn
Dm    C      F     G
Some who wish they'd never been born
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn

[CHORUS 2:]
F      C
Falderal da riddle de rum
              G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum
Dm    C     F    G
Sailing away at the break of dawn
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[BRIDGE:]
A        Dm
See them all in sad repair
A      F
Demons dance everywhere
A        Dm
Southern gales, tattered sails
  A    Gm7   A
And none to tell the tale


[VERSE 1:]
N.C. D     D/F#    G     Em
Come all of you rustic old sea dogs
  A     A/G       D/F#
Who follow the bright Southern Cross
     G      A      A/G   D/F#
You were rounding the horn in the eye of a storm
     G      A
When you lost her one day
    D       G      A    Bm
And you read all your letters from oceans away
     A        G       Em  A
Then you took them to the bottom of the sea


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm C F G Dm  C  Dm C F G  Dm  C Dm


[CHORUS 1:]
   C   F    G
All around old Cape Horn
Dm         C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn
Dm    C      F     G
Some who wish they'd never been born
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[CHORUS 2:]
F      C
Falderal da riddle de rum
              G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum
Dm    C     F    G
Sailing away at the break of dawn
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm C F G Dm  C  Dm C F G  Dm  C Dm
        A  Dm  A  F  A  Dm  A  Gm7  A


[VERSE 2:]
N.C. D      D/F#     G    Em
Come all you old sea dogs from Devon
  A      A/G     D/F#
Southampton, Penzance and Kinsale
     G       A      A/G      D/F#
You were caught by the chance of a sailor's last dance
    G      A
It was not meant to be
    D       G        A    Bm
And you read all your letters, cried, "Anchors aweigh"
     A        G       Em  A
Then you took them to the bottom of the sea


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm C F G Dm  C  Dm C F G  Dm  C Dm


[CHORUS 1:]
   C   F    G
All around old Cape Horn
Dm         C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn
Dm    C      F     G
Some who wish they'd never been born
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[CHORUS 2:]
F      C
Falderal da riddle de rum
              G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum
Dm    C     F    G
Sailing away at the break of dawn
   Dm       C    Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn