Lovers Wreck

Em                     D
A hundred days at sea, A wretch away
 from misery
C                                 
Rummies and rats and tarry jacks 
    D     Em
my only family
Em                        D
The island of salvation Is still a 
scream away
D        Em                     
As the lungs of the night Blow 
A                                  
out the light my heart kneels Down 
Em
to pray


[Chorus]
Em                         D
Lord why did you take her She meant 
so much to me
Em                         
Now I'm a wretched soul on a 
Bm                        Em
privateer Drowning out at sea
Em                       D
I'm killing and I'm drinking My blue
 heart to black
        G                          
But I swear oh lord I'll never sin 
    C                Em
again If you bring her back


[Verse 2]
Em                     D
The Gypsy was a siren, Dripping with
 desire
      C                            
Her moonlit hair and skin so fair 
D                 Em
as warm as frozen fire
Em                                
She had the loyalty of a cat, behind
D
 those pale green eyes
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         Em          A             
Through her cherry lips, the devil 
D                   Em
slipped a thousand lies
Em                            
A clan of rogues and vagabonds, 
  D
occupied her head
         Em                  C 
That thieving band took her pale 
                   D               
white hand and stole her from my 
 Em
bed
Em                                
And like a ghost ship in the 
         D
night, She drifted out once more
     A                    Bm   
To land upon the sand of another 
          Em
lover's shore


[Chorus]
Em                         D
Lord why did you take her She meant 
so much to me
Em                         
Now I'm a wretched soul on a 
Bm                        Em
privateer Drowning out at sea
Em                         D
I'm killing and I'm drinking My blue
 heart to black
        G                          
But I swear oh lord I'll never sin 
    C                Em
again If you bring her back


[Verse 3]
Em                                
In my sleeping mind she sings a 
      D
sad and lonely lullaby
C                                 
When I wake there's just the ache 
         D              Em
it will haunt me till I die
Em                         D
When those winds of vanity no longer
 blow her west
Em                     A   
I pray they'll guide her home 
                       D           
[across the foam] and put my heart 
    Em
to rest
Em                               
Press gang filled this Man-o-War To 
D
make the black mouthed cannon roar
Em                  C            
Now all my trade is ball and 
       D             Em
blade, and blood forever more
Em                                
And the sting of salt and spray, 
   D
the ocean's howl and squall
A                                 
A stumbling wreck, I roam the 
         Bm               Em
deck, at the devil's beck and call
Bm                    Em
At the devil's beck and call

[Chorus]
Em                         D
Lord why did you take her She meant 
so much to me
Em                         
Now I'm a wretched soul on a 
Bm                        Em
privateer Drowning out at sea
Em                       D
I'm killing and I'm drinking My blue
 heart to black
        G                          
But I swear oh lord I'll never sin 
    C                Em
again If you bring her back