F C Dm C
F C Dm Am
[Verse 1]
F C
I'm just a man but I know that I'm damned
Dm C
All the dead seem to know where I am
F C
Till it began on the night of my birth
Dm Am
Will be done in a turn of the earth
F C
Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
Dm C
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it
F C
Every eye on the coast ever more
Dm Am
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
[Instrumental]
F C Dm C
F C Dm Am
[Verse 2]
F C
Under the waves and the earth of an age
Dm C
Lie a thousand old northerner's graves
F C
Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright
Dm Am
They come rising up into the light
F C
Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
Dm C
I'm the Lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it
F C
All who sail off the coast ever more
Dm Am
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
[Bridge]
C Dm Am (x2)
C Dm Am
I'm goin' away for a long time
C Dm Am
I'm goin' away for a long time
[Verse 3]
F C
Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
Dm C
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it
F C
Every eye on the coast ever more
Dm Am
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
F C
Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
Dm C
I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it
F C
All who sail off the coast ever more
Dm Am
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
[Bridge/Outro]
C Dm Am
I'm goin' away for a long time
