Broken Mast Bay

[Chorus]

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

[First Part]

    Dm
The night was still
        C
And the air was stale
        Dm                C
And the stench of ale ran high
       Bb                         
And it flowed from a pub across a 
F           C
cobblestone street
        Dm         C       Dm
Where a sailor was passing by
       Dm                    C
Oh, he drank his fill and he sang 
his song
       Dm            C
As the room began to sway
        Bb                       
Then he stumbled down the road to 
     F       C
the water's edge
     Dm           C           Dm
Of a place called Broken Mast Bay

[Chorus]

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

[Second Part]

       Dm               C
With a dizzy head and a daring heart
      Dm           C
And a dingy on the shore
       Bb                  F      
In his drunken glee he put out to 
C
sea
       Dm           C        Dm
And he rowed to the Mists of Nore
      Dm                   C
As he rowed along he could hear a 
song
       Dm                C
From a voice so pure and clear
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       Bb                  F      
Then a selkie rose right beside 
  C
his boat
       Dm           C      Dm
As her voice echoed in his ear

[Chorus]

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

[Third Part]

      Dm                 C
Come again? said he, how can this 
be?
       Dm              C
Have I had too much to drink?
       Bb                    
Not at all, she sighed with a 
 F              C
sparkle in her eyes
       Dm          C        Dm
I'm as true as the ocean is deep
    Dm             C              
Why sail alone, my sailor bold, on
      Dm            C
 this quiet moonlit night?
    Bb                   F         
The sailor gawked as she whispered 
C
soft
       Dm        C       Dm
Please stay with me till light

[Chorus]

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

[Bridge]

    Dm                C
She shed a tear as he slurred his 
words
        Dm              C
Telling tales of life before
        Bb                       
How his friends were swallowed in 
     F           C
the treacherous swells
               Dm             C   
When they were claimed by the 
  Dm
ocean floor

[Interlude] Bb  F  C
             Bb  F  C  Dm

[Fourth Part]

   Dm                    C
He wiped his eyes as the dawn 
advanced
     Dm             C
On a tired wakeless world
         Bb                
Then she left a gift in his 
 F         C
calloused hand
        Dm      C       Dm
'Twas a pendant made of pearl
Dm                       C
Hold this close when the road feels 
long
        Dm                    C
And the waves don't flow your way
         Bb                F      
When you feel alone listen for my 
C            Dm       C          
voice on the winds of Broken Mast 
 Dm
Bay

[Chorus]

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

     Dm
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay
          Bb
Where the balladeers play
        F             C
And the spirits never sleep
          Bb
Where the whispers call
        F       C
And the legends crawl
            Dm          C     Dm
Through the veil of the ocean deep

[Outro]

    Dm                      C
The years sailed on and the selkie's
 song
         Dm            C
Became a memory on the wind
        Bb                   
And the gift she gave found a 
 F       C
shallow grave
     Dm            C        Dm
In a box where his memories lived
  Dm                 C
Until one day in the village square
           Dm                 C
He heard a voice that he once knew
        Bb                      
When he turned around he saw the 
 F              C
sparkle in her eyes
    Dm                C           
Old friend, I've been waiting for 
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