Triangle chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Triangle


CAPO: 4th Fret




INTRO:: C

VERSE 1::

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

VERSE 2::

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


VERSE 3::

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


VERSE 4::

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


CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C     F      C      F
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C      F     G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7          C
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
               F
When the water runs heavy and fast
  G
The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball
                    C
And it seems their first trip was their last


VERSE 6::

They had so much fun they don't wish to return
                  F
To the beach where they lay all day long
    G
They'd rather stay under and boy it's no wonder
                C
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
             F
We're bound for Bahama my friend
   G
Like lovers like danger, like babies like mangers
               C
But that's where my storybook ends


VERSE 8::

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


CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C     F      C      F
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C      F     G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7          C
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips


VERSE 9::

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


VERSE 10::

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


CHORUS::

It's a mighty hard way to come down
              G
And a mighty fine way to be found
  C     F      C      F
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
    C      F     G
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
                G7          C