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Black Sails - The Golden Vanity by Soundtracks 🎦

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(Whistle the lyric tune to mimic the accordian in the original song if you want)

C G Am
F G C
C G Am
F G C F
F G C

Verse 1:
            C
Well, there is a lofty ship
     G              Am
That sails upon the sea
    F
The name of the ship
     G      C
'The Golden Vanity'

She feared she'd be taken by
  G       Am
A Spanish Galilee
       F               G        C       F
As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland low
                G       C
Sailed upon the lowland sea

Interlude:
C G Am F G C

Verse 2:
      C
Well, up stepped the cabin boy
    G             Am
The age of 12 and 3
F
Said to the Captain,
      G                C
"What will you give to me,

If I swim alongside
    G       Am
The Spanish Galilee,
    F               G        C       F
And sink her in the lowland, lowland low
                G       C
Sink her in the lowland sea?"

Interlude:
C G Am F G C

Verse 3:
       C
"Well, I will give you silver
    G               Am
And I will give you gold
        F
And the hand of me daughter
   G               C
If you would be so bold,

As to swim alongside
    G       Am
The Spanish Galilee,
    F               G        C       F
And sink her in the lowland, lowland low
                G       C
Sink her in the lowland sea."

Interlude:
C G Am F G C

Verse 4:
       C
So the boy made ready
    G              Am
And overboard doth he
F             
Swam alongside
    G       C
The Spanish Galilee

With his drilling tool
   G          Am
He bore holes three
    F               G        C       F
And sank her in the lowland, lowland low
                G       C
Sank her in the lowland sea

Interlude:
C G Am F G C

Verse 5:
         C
Then the boy turned 'round
    G             Am
And swam back did he
   F
He called to the Captain
   G                 C
To haul him from the sea

The Captain did not heed
        G               Am
For his daughter he did need,
       F               G        C       F
And he left him in the lowland, lowland low
                G       C
Left him in the lowland sea

Interlude:
C G Am F G C

Verse 6:
          C*
Well, the crew hauled him up
    G*             Am*
But on the deck he died
     F*
They wrapped him in a blanket
       G*          C*
And so very softly cried
C*
Threw him overboard
   G*              Am
To drift among the tide
       F                G        C       F
And he sank beneath the lowland, lowland low
                 G*      C*
Sank beneath the lowland sea