by Gordon Lightfoot
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)
CHORDS
A At5 007655
D Dt5 000775
E Et7 079900
INTRO
[E] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
VERSE 1
With a [A]lady-like [A]devotion
She [A]sails the bitter [A]ocean
If it [D]wasn't for lovesick [D]sailors
There'd be [D]nothin' left but [A]flotsam
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 2
Her [A]sails blow like [A]bubbles
While ya [A]sip yer daily [A]doubles
If she [D]wasn't so fond of the [D]weather
She might [D]give the deckhands [A]trouble
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 3
One [A]day when I grew [A]older
And I [A]found I could not [A]hold her
She [D]took on a fine young [D]skipper
Who soon [D]run her up on a [A]boulder
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 4
Now the [A]pleasures of the [A]harbor
Don't [A]include a lady [A]barber
If it [D]wasn't for Long John [D]Silver
All of us [D]pirates would've been [A]martyrs
CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
A D (hold D for 4 beats)
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
A E A (these at 1 beat each)
Before you die
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)
CHORDS
A At5 007655
D Dt5 000775
E Et7 079900
INTRO
[E] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
VERSE 1
With a [A]lady-like [A]devotion
She [A]sails the bitter [A]ocean
If it [D]wasn't for lovesick [D]sailors
There'd be [D]nothin' left but [A]flotsam
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 2
Her [A]sails blow like [A]bubbles
While ya [A]sip yer daily [A]doubles
If she [D]wasn't so fond of the [D]weather
She might [D]give the deckhands [A]trouble
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 3
One [A]day when I grew [A]older
And I [A]found I could not [A]hold her
She [D]took on a fine young [D]skipper
Who soon [D]run her up on a [A]boulder
CHORUS
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
VERSE 4
Now the [A]pleasures of the [A]harbor
Don't [A]include a lady [A]barber
If it [D]wasn't for Long John [D]Silver
All of us [D]pirates would've been [A]martyrs
CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)
Singin' [E]why me oh [D]my
Is there a [A]better man than [D]I
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]lie high and [D]dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
Before you [A]die[E]
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
A D (hold D for 4 beats)
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you [A]find your way back [E]home
A E A (these at 1 beat each)
Before you die
