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