Sea Stories chords by Sturgill Simpson

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
FF
Basic was just like papaw says:
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"Keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine"
(FF)                          C majorC
Just another enlisted egg in the bowl for Uncle Sam's beater
     FF
When you get to Dam Neck hear a voice in your head
     Bb majorBb         FF
Saying, "my life's no longer mine"
              Bb majorBb  FF
Have you running with some SAD SOG
C majorC    FF
BMF sandeaters

verse 2
FF                  Bb majorBb       FF
Setting out on them high seas feels just like being born
(FF)                               C majorC
That first port call in Thailand feels like a pollywog turning nineteen
      FF                        Bb majorBb         FF
They've got king cobras fighting in boxing rings and all the angels play Connect Four
Bb majorBb          FF      C majorC           FF
Seems like a sailor's paradise but turns out to be a bad dream


verse 3
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Now you hit the ground running in Tokyo from Kawasaki to Ebisu
                            C majorC
Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku
     FF
Aw, from Pusan and Ko Chang, Pattaya to Phuket
   Bb majorBb         FF
From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Bb majorBb         FF             C majorC      FF
Seen damn near the whole damn world from the inside of a bar


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I've got sea stories, they're all true
                          C majorC
Might seem a little bit far-fetched but why would I lie to you
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Memories make forever stains, still got salt running through my veins
          C majorC         FF
I've got sea stories and my shellback, too

Solo (coming soon)


verse 4
FF                    Bb majorBb       FF
Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course, horizon gets so hazy
(FF)                         C majorC
Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye on that old 64
    FF
And if you get sick and can't manage the kick
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And get yourself kicked out the navy
         FF
You'll spend the next year trying to score
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From a futon life raft on the floor
    FF
And the next fifteen trying to figure out
     C majorC         FF
What the hell you did that for
                     C majorC      FF
But flying high beats dying for lies in a politician's war


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