Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C Dm F
There's a port on a western bay. And it
Dm Bb F
And it serves a hundred ships a day
C Dm F
Lonely sailors pass the time away
Dm F C
And talk about their homes
Verse 2:
C Dm F
And there's a girl in this harbor town
Dm Bb F
And she works layin' whiskey down
C Dm F
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
Dm F C
She serves them whiskey and wine
Chorus 1:
Am F
The sailors say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl
NC
(You're a fine girl)
Dm F
What a good wife you would be
NC
(Such a fine girl)
C G F C
Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
Verse 3:
C Dm F
Brandy wears a braided chain
Dm Bb F
Made of finest silver from the north of Spain
C Dm F
A locket that bears the name
Dm F C
Of a man that Brandy loved
Verse 4:
C Dm F
He came on a summer's day
Dm Bb F
Bringing gifts from far away
C Dm F
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
Dm F C
No harbor was his home
Chorus 2:
Am F
The sailor said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl
NC
(You're a fine girl)
Dm F
What a good wife you would be
NC
(Such a fine girl)
C G F C
But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"
Bridge:
Am G
Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
F G
When he told his sailor's story
Am G
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
F G
She saw its raging glory
AM Bb
But he had always told the truth
Am F
Lord, he was an honest man
C G F C
And Brandy does her best to understand
Verse 5:
C Dm F
At night when the bars close down
Dm Bb F
Brandy walks through a silent town
C Dm F
And loves a man who's not around
Dm F C
She still can hear him say
Outro:
Am F
She hears him say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl
NC
(You're a fine girl)
Dm F
What a good wife you would be
NC
(Such a fine girl)
C G F C
But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"
Am F
"Brandy, you're a fine girl
NC
(You're a fine girl)
Dm F
What a good wife you would be
NC
(Such a fine girl)
C G F C
But my life, my love and my lady is the sea"