CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO:
C
VERSE 1:
Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall
F
Is the day when my ship will set sail
G
The best of all friends will say good-bye again
C
There's still time for one last glass of ale
VERSE 2:
We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall
F
On a southwind and lots of good cheer
G
And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover
C
We'll be in Bahama next year
VERSE 3:
From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us
F
Will teach us a lesson or two
G
There's many a mate who unevenly stated
C
The course he had charted was true
VERSE 4:
"Don't worry 'bout me", he said, "Go down below
F
Give a certified sailor a turn
G
Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
C
'Son, you got something to learn'"
CHORUS:
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G
And a mighty fine way to be found
CFCF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
CFG
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
G7C
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips
VERSE 5:
Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring
F
When the water runs heavy and fast
G
The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball
C
And it seems their first trip was their last
VERSE 6:
They had so much fun they don't wish to return
F
To the beach where they lay all day long
G
They'd rather stay under and boy it's no wonder
C
When all the rock lobsters roll on
It's a mighty fine way to be found
VERSE 7:
Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle
F
We're bound for Bahama my friend
G
Like lovers like danger, like babies like mangers
C
But that's where my storybook ends
VERSE 8:
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god
F
And all kings without crosses to bear
G
All sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours
C
Should try the Triangle out there
CHORUS:
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G
And a mighty fine way to be found
CFCF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
CFG
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
G7C
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips
VERSE 9:
When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled
F
There was no confusion or blame
G
The captain said, "Men we must answer again
C
To the sea, so ye may not complain"
VERSE 10:
And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep
F
With their faces turned up to the stars
G
A tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said
C
"There goes another sandbar"
CHORUS:
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G
And a mighty fine way to be found
CFCF
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship
CFG
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
G7C
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips