From: * (-pouliot c.j.)
Hi Everyone - from time to time this song has shown up on the net in one
form or another. I had to re-learn it for a band and thought I'd
share my interpretation. Good luck!
- Charlie
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Intro:
C#m7 B A C#m7 B A Bsus4 B
E--9-\7------------9-\7---------------12-----11----|
B--9-\7--9---------9-\7--9-------------------------|
G--------9--9------------9--9------/13----/11------|
D-----------11--------------11---------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
| Amaj7 E/Ab | F#m Bsus4 B |
E Abm F#m C#m
Theres a port on a western bay
F#m A D/F# A
And it serves a hundred ships a day
E Abm F#m Abm C#m
Lonely sailors pass the time a way
F#m A E
And talk about their homes
Theres a girl in this harbor town
And she works laying whiskey down
She serves them whisky and wine
The sailors say...
C#m7 B A
B C#m7 B A
What a good wife you would be < such a fine girl >
Bsus4 B
Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
Amaj7 E/Ab F#m Bsus4 B
Made of finest silver from the north of spain
He came on a summers day - bearing gifts - from far away
But he made it clear he couldnt stay
The harbor was his home
- Chorus -
C#m7 B
A B
As he told his sailor stories
C#m7 B
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
A B
She saw its raging glory
C#m7 D
But he had always told the truth
C#m7 A
Lord he was an honest man
Bsus4 B
At night when the bars close down
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say...
Chord Shapes:
C#m7 B A Bsus4 Amaj7 E/Ab E F#m Abm D
E -4---2--0---2----4-----4---0--2---4--5-|
B -5---4--2---5----5-----5---0--2---4--7-|
G -4---4--2---4----6-----4---1--2---4--7-|
D -6---4--2---4----7-----6---2--4---6--7-|
A -4---2--0---2----------7---2--4---6--5-|
E ---------------------------0--2---4----|
