CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall
Is the day when my ship will set [F]sail
The [G]best of all friends will say good-bye again
There's still time for one last glass of [C]ale
[VERSE 2:]
We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall
On a southwind and lots of good [F]cheer
And [G]when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover
We'll be in Bahama next [C]year
[VERSE 3:]
From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us
Will teach us a lesson or [F]two
There's [G]many a mate who unevenly stated
The course he had charted was [C]true
[VERSE 4:]
"Don't worry 'bout me", he said, "Go down below
Give a certified sailor a [F]turn
Just [G]sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
'Son, you got something to [C]learn'"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
[VERSE 5:]
Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring
When the water runs heavy and [F]fast
The [G]mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball
And it seems their first trip was their [C]last
[VERSE 6:]
They had so much fun they don't wish to return
To the beach where they lay all day [F]long
They'd [G]rather stay under and boy it's no wonder
When all the rock lobsters roll [C]on
It's a mighty fine way to be found
[VERSE 7:]
Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle
We're bound for Bahama my [F]friend
Like [G]lovers like danger, like babies like mangers
But that's where my storybook [C]ends
[VERSE 8:]
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god
And all kings without crosses to [F]bear
All [G]sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours
Should try the Triangle out [C]there
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
[VERSE 9:]
When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled
There was no confusion or [F]blame
The [G]captain said, "Men we must answer again
To the sea, so ye may not com[C]plain"
[VERSE 10:]
And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep
With their faces turned up to the [F]stars
A [G]tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said
"There goes another sand[C]bar"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall
Is the day when my ship will set [F]sail
The [G]best of all friends will say good-bye again
There's still time for one last glass of [C]ale
[VERSE 2:]
We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall
On a southwind and lots of good [F]cheer
And [G]when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover
We'll be in Bahama next [C]year
[VERSE 3:]
From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us
Will teach us a lesson or [F]two
There's [G]many a mate who unevenly stated
The course he had charted was [C]true
[VERSE 4:]
"Don't worry 'bout me", he said, "Go down below
Give a certified sailor a [F]turn
Just [G]sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
'Son, you got something to [C]learn'"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
[VERSE 5:]
Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring
When the water runs heavy and [F]fast
The [G]mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball
And it seems their first trip was their [C]last
[VERSE 6:]
They had so much fun they don't wish to return
To the beach where they lay all day [F]long
They'd [G]rather stay under and boy it's no wonder
When all the rock lobsters roll [C]on
It's a mighty fine way to be found
[VERSE 7:]
Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle
We're bound for Bahama my [F]friend
Like [G]lovers like danger, like babies like mangers
But that's where my storybook [C]ends
[VERSE 8:]
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god
And all kings without crosses to [F]bear
All [G]sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours
Should try the Triangle out [C]there
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
[VERSE 9:]
When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled
There was no confusion or [F]blame
The [G]captain said, "Men we must answer again
To the sea, so ye may not com[C]plain"
[VERSE 10:]
And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep
With their faces turned up to the [F]stars
A [G]tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said
"There goes another sand[C]bar"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
And a mighty fine way to be [G]found
So [C]hand me my [F]grip from an [C]old sailing [F]ship
Put the [C]kiss of the [F]dawn on my [G]lips
With some luck tonight I might [G7]have her at my finger[C]tips
