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Captain Glenn by John Doyle
Captain Glenn
Tuning:D A D G A D
Key:Bb
Capo:8th fret
I'm playing in DADGAD with capo 8th fret (kinda ridiculous, I know)
Chords trasnscibed to capo'd fret. For true chords, transpose until the first
chord in Bb.
I think he plays it live in C in some videos I saw.
Here are the chords and riffs as I play them
D riff (1st & 5th line some verses) G Em A G/Bb
D----------------------------------------0------------------------
A---0--------0---------------------------0-----0-----0-----0------
G---2--0--0--2---------------------------4-----0-----6-----5------
D---0--4--2--0---------------------------0-----0-----0-----0------
A---0--0--0--0---------------------------0-----2-----0-----0------
D---0--0--0--0---------------------------5-----2-----7-----5-----=
[Verse 1]
D
It's of a ship and a ship of fame,
D G D
Launched off the stocks, bound to sail and maime
F#m G D
With 150 brisk young men,
D G Em D
Well picked and chosen everyone
D
And William Glenn was the Captain's name,
D G D
He was a fine and tall young man
F#m G D
As fine a sailor as sailed the sea,
D G Em D
And we were sailing to New Barbary
[Verse 2]
D
On the 1st of April then we set sail,
D G D
Blessed with a fine and a prosperous gale
F#m G D
And we were bound for New Barbary,
D G A D
With all of our Ocean's company
D
Well we hadn't been sailing a league or two,
D G D
Till all of our whole ship's jovial crew
F#m G D
They all fell sick but sixty-three,
D G Em D
As we went sailing to New Barbary
[Verse 3]
D
One night the captain then he did dream,
D G D
A voice came to and says to him
F#m G D
Prepare yourself and your whole company,
D G A D
Tomorrow night you must lie with me
D G/Bb D
This woke the Captain in a terrible fright,
D G D
It being the third watch of the night
G/Bb D
And aloud for the boatswain he did call,
D G/Bb
And told to him his secrets all
[Verse 4]
D
To the boatswain he says it grieves my heart,
D G D
To think that I've played a villian's part
F#m G D
I slew a man that I held dear,
D G Em D
And all for the sake of his lady fair
G/Bb G
And it's of the ghost that I am afraid,
D G D
That has in me such terror bred
G/Bb G
To keep the secret within your breast,
G
And pray to God that he'll give you rest
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
D
We hadn't been sailing a league but three,
D G D
Till the raging brewed a roaring sea
F#m G D
And arose a tempest up in the sky,
D G A D
Which took our Seamen by surprise
F#m D G
And the main mast sprung by the break of day,
G D
Which had made our rigging all but to give way
F#m G
Our gallant crew they cowered in fright,
G
In terror of that fatal night
[Verse 6]
D
And then the boatswain he did declare,
D G D
That the Captain was a murderer
F#m D G
This so enraged the whole ships' crew
G Em D
Then overboard our captain threw
F#m D G
Our treacherous captain then he being gone
G D
And me to plea there came a calm
F#m D G
And the winds abated and so did the sea
G
As we went sailing to New Barbary
[Instrumental]
[Verse 7]
D
And when we came to the Spanish shore
D G D
Our gunship for to repair
F#m D G
People there were amazed to see
G A D
Our dismal case and such misery
F#m D G
Now Seamen all wherever you may be
G D
I pray you take a warning from me
F#m D G
As you love your life won't you have a care
G
And never go sailing with a murderer
[Instrumental]
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