C

[Verse 1]
C
It was just like him, he had to pick

A boat gone from dowdy to derelict
   Dm           G                         F     C
In half a dozen years of searching for an owner
C
She maybe left her heart in the harbour mud

But she really caught his at the flood
       Dm                G                             C
And he wonders how she knew that she was waiting for a loner

[Verse 2]
C
Blue Dolphin, built by the Rhuland men

She's lying on the bottom again
     Dm             G                     F     C
With only him to care the Bluenose had a sister
C
He lost the house and he sold the car

His wife walked out, so he hit the bars
    Dm            G                  C
And hit up every friend to raise the Blue Dolphin


[Chorus]
F                       G                           C
And even afloat she's a hole in the water where his money goes
             G                         F      C
Every dollar goes and it's driving him crazy
F                               G
He pounds his fists white on the dock in the night
            Am
And cries, "I'm gonna win!"
    Dm                   G
And licks the blood away
                                C
And he's gonna raise the Dolphin


[Instrumental Break]
C Dm G F 

[Verse 3]
C
Blue Dolphin's lying like a wounded whale

She's hungry for a scrap of a sail
   Dm              G              F     C
To get her underway, back to salt water
C
Now there's a man lying spent in the winter sun
C
He wonders what the hell he has done
    Dm               G             c
And who would ever pay to save his schooner daughter


[Chorus]
F                       G                           C
And even afloat she's a hole in the water where his money goes
             G                         F      C
Every dollar goes and it's driving him crazy
F                               G
He pounds his fists white on the dock in the night
            Am
And cries, "I'm gonna win!"
    Dm                   G
And licks the blood away
                                C
And he's gonna raise the Dolphin

F                       G                           C
And even afloat she's a hole in the water where his money goes
             G                         F      C
Every dollar goes and it's driving him crazy
F                               G
He pounds his fists white on the dock in the night
            Am
And cries, "I'm gonna win!"
    Dm                   G
And licks the blood away
                                C
And he's gonna raise the Dolphin