Broken Mast Bay chords by Sail North

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Dm

Chorus:
Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Verse 1:
Dm
The night was still
C
And the air was stale
        Dm                C
And the stench of ale ran high
       Bb                         F          C
And it flowed from a pub across a cobblestone street
        Dm         C       Dm
Where a sailor was passing by
Dm                          C
Oh he drank his fill and he sang his song
       Dm            C
As the room began to sway
        Bb                            F      C
Then he stumbled down the road to the waters edge
        Dm        C           Dm
Of a place called Broken Mast Bay

Chorus:
Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Verse 2:
Dm                      C
With a dizzy head and a daring heart
      Dm           C
And a dingy on the shore
       Bb              F         C
In his drunken glee he put out to sea
            Dm     C         Dm
And he rowed to the mists of nore
Dm                         C
As he rowed along he could hear a song
       Dm                C
From a voice so pure and clear
       Bb                F         C
Then a selkie rose right beside his boat
       Dm           C     Dm
As her voice echoed in his ear

Chorus:
Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C    Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Verse 3:
Dm                      C
come again? said he how can this be?
       Dm                C
have I had too much too drink?
       Bb                    F              C
not at all she sighed with a sparkle in her eyes
       Dm          C        D
I'm as true as the ocean is deep
         Dm        C                    Dm            C
Why sail alone, my sailor bold, on this quiet moonlit night?
    Bb                   F         C
The sailor gawked as she whispered soft
       Dm        C       Dm
Please stay with me till light

Chorus:
Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Bridge:
Dm                    C
She shed a tear as he slurred his words
        Dm              C
Telling tales of life before
        Bb                            F           C
How his friends were swallowed in the treacherous swells
               Dm             C     Dm
When they were claimed by the ocean floor

Instrumental:
Bb  F  C  Bb  F C Dm

Verse 4:
Dm                       C
He wiped his eyes as the dawn advanced
     Dm             C
On a tired wakeless world
         Bb             F           C
Then she left a gift in his callous tent
      Dm      C       Dm
Was a pendant made of pearl
Dm                       C
Hold this close when the road feels long
        Dm                    C
And the waves don't flow your way,
         Bb                F      C            Dm       C           Dm
When you feel alone listen for my voice on the winds of Broken Mast Bay

Chorus:
Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Dm
Ooh Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

Outro:
Dm                          C
The years sailed on and the selkies song
         Dm            C
Became a memory on the wind
        Bb                    F       C
And the gift she gave found a shallow grave
     Dm            C        Dm
In a box where his memories lived
Dm                   C
Until one day in the village square
           Dm                 C
He heard a voice that he once knew
        Bb                       F              C
When he turned around he saw the sparkle in her eyes
    Dm               C           G
Old friend I've been waiting for you