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
