Curse Of The Somers chords by Traditional

Intro A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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