Curse Of The Somers chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Intro A augmentedA

Verse
           G+G      E minorEm
Come listen all you sailors bold,
        A augmentedA
come listen unto me.
          D MajorD
I'll sing you of a cruel deed.
 C majorC    A augmentedA  E minorEm
a bloody tragedy.
A augmentedA          G+G    E minorEm
Come listen landsmen one and all,
        A augmentedA
come listen unto me,
             D MajorD
I'll make you bless your lucky stars
C majorC      E minorEm   A augmentedA
you've never gone to sea.

A augmentedA        G+G         E minorEm
It was the Somers, graceful. swift.
         A augmentedA
as trim a little brig.
            D MajorD
as e' er was modeled by shipwright
C majorC     A augmentedA     E minorEm
or sailor helped to rig.
A augmentedA             G+G     E minorEm
The grating's rigged, the hangman's whip
         A augmentedA
dangles from main yardarm.
            D MajorD
The wondering crew gaze on the sight
   C majorC   E minorEm  A augmentedA
with terror and alarm.

    FF    G+G      A augmentedA     FF
For the Captain called their names
        G+G    A augmentedA
and three good men were slain
  FF  G+G       A augmentedA
No trial,  no questions here,
    FF   G+G          A augmentedA
only the horror, the grief and the fear.

Verse
          G+G    E minorEm
Alas, the meaning's soon too clear,
  A augmentedA
the noose is round the neck
           D MajorD
of three poor men, but men as brave
  C majorC     A augmentedA   E minorEm
as walked the Somers deck.
A augmentedA           G+G     E minorEm
On one side Small and Cromwell stand.
           A augmentedA
bold men and sailors true.
             D MajorD
They quail not though the boldest might
   C majorC   E minorEm    A augmentedA
with such a death in view.

            G+G      E minorEm
Starboard young foolish Spencer stands.
          A augmentedA
the tears are in his eye.
           D MajorD
What feelings of deep agony
   C majorC      A augmentedA   E minorEm
must through his bosom fly.
A augmentedA            G+G     E minorEm
Look, look your last, for hark, a gun
           A augmentedA
sends forth its smoky breath.
        D MajorD
When instantly upon the word,
   C majorC   E minorEm     A augmentedA
their eyes are sealed in death.

    FF    G+G      A augmentedA     FF
For the Captain called their names
        G+G    A augmentedA
and three good men were slain
  FF  G+G       A augmentedA
No trial,  no questions here,
    FF   G+G          A augmentedA
only the horror, the grief and the fear.

Bridge
FF G+G A augmentedA (x4)

Verse
           G+G      E minorEm
And sad and slow our mess mates dead,
           A augmentedA
we launched into the waves,
              D MajorD
and watched them sink 'mid ocean's moans.
C majorC       A augmentedA   E minorEm
deep in their watery graves.
A augmentedA            G+G     E minorEm
Strange sounds will float upon the air
         A augmentedA
and in the blast will speak.
            D MajorD
and round the main yardarm three ghosts
    C majorC   E minorEm    A augmentedA
will play and dance and shriek.

         G+G     E minorEm
And ill luck and misfortune dire
          A augmentedA
will follow in thy wake
             D MajorD
'til the ghastly three. where lie their bones.
  C majorC     A augmentedA  E minorEm
thy last dark haven make.
A augmentedA          G+G   E minorEm
Sheet home on every cursed spar.
     A augmentedA
set every rag asail.
           D MajorD
and leave here to the ocean ghouls
  C majorC    E minorEm   A augmentedA
the demons of the gale.

    FF    G+G      A augmentedA     FF
For the Captain called their names
        G+G    A augmentedA
and three good men were slain
  FF  G+G       A augmentedA
No trial,  no questions here,
    FF   G+G          A augmentedA
only the horror, the grief and the fear.
    FF   G+G          A augmentedA
only the horror, the grief and the fear.

FF G+G A augmentedA