Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: E minorEm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
E minorEm A augmentedA
Verse 1:
E minorEm
Chase the dog star
E minorEm
Over the sea
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE E minorEm G+G E MajorE
Home where my true love is waiting for me
C majorC
Rope the south wind
G+G
Canvas the stars
A minorAm B minorBm
Harness the moonlight
C majorC
So she can safely go
C majorC B minorBm E minorEm
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Verse 2:
C majorC
Red the port light
G+G
Starboard the green
D MajorD E minorEm G+G
How will she know of the devils I've seen
C majorC G+G
Cross in the sky, star of the sea
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC G+G
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
C majorC B minorBm E minorEm
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
C majorC
Valparaiso
Bridge:
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And every road I walked would take me down to the sea
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
With every broken promise in my sack
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
And every love would always send the ship of my heart
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Over the rolling sea
Verse 3:
C majorC
If I should die
G+G
And water's my grave
D MajorD E minorEm G+G
She'll never know if I'm damned or I'm saved
C majorC G+G
See the ghost fly over the sea
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC G+G
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
C majorC B minorBm E minorEm
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Outro:
C majorC
Valparaiso
E minorEm
Valparaiso
F# minorF#m E minorEm C majorC
Valparaiso
E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm G+G E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm G+G E minorEm A augmentedA E MajorE