Chords with lyrics
WHITE SQUALL - Stan Rogers
FF
Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
G+G
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo
FF
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
C majorC
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
FF
The kid was so damned eager, it was all so big and new
G+G
You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do
FF
And evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing
C majorC
And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring
CHORUS ONE (after verses 1, 3,):
E MajorE
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
G+G
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted
FF
But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
C majorC
And her lover's gone in-to a white squall
FF
Now it's a thing that us old-timers know, in a sultry summer calm
G+G
There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb
FF
And a sixteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam
C majorC
While the gale takes all before it with a scream
FF
The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky
G+G
From where I stood, I swear I could, see tears fall from his eye
FF
So I hadn't the heart to tell him, that he should be on a line
C majorC
Even on a night so warm and fine
WHITE SQUALL PAGE TWO
FF
When it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him: Get down
G+G
But for all that he could hear, I might as well not made a sound
FF
So I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face grow pale
C majorC
As he crawled hand-over-hand along the rail
FF
Now I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow
FF
And I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow
FF
Then like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright a-gain
C majorC
While overside I heard him call my name
FF
So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
G+G
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo
FF
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
C majorC
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
CHORUS TWO:
E MajorE
And I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
G+G
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted
FF
But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
C majorC
And her lover's gone into a white squall
