Ballad Of The Yarmouth Castle Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Well, [C]it'[G]s
[Am]four o 'clock
in the [C]afternoon,
[G]the anchors have been weighed
From [Am]Miami to Nass[G]au,
she's [Am]bound to cross the waves
She's a -headin' south to [C]Biscayne Bay
and [G]to the open sea
Yarmouth [Am]Castle,
she's a [G]-dyin' and don't [Am]know it
Oh, the many years she's [C]been to sea,
she's [G]seen the better times
She [Am]gives a groan of protest
[G]as they cas[Am]t away her lines
And the grumble of her [C]engines
and the [G]rust along her spine
Tells the [Am]castle she's too [G]old to [Am]be sailin'
But the sands run out within [C]her heart
A [G]tiny spark glows red
And [Am]smolders through the [G]evening
There's [Am]a laughter overhead
Well, the dinner's served,
the [C]cards are dealt
And the [G]drinks are passed around
While [Am]deep within the [G]fire
starts a [Am]-burning
It's midnight on [C]the open sea,
the [G]moon is a -shining bright
Some [Am]people join the [G]party
and [Am]the others say goodnight
There's many who are [C]sleeping now,
it's [G]been such a busy day
And a [Am]tiny whisp of [G]smoke is a [Am]-risin'
Oh Lord, she groans,
I'm [C]burnin',
[G]let someone understand
But her [Am]silent plea is a [G]-wasted
and a [Am]-playin' off the band
Everybody's dancin' [C]on the deck
and a [G]-havin' such a time
and a [Am]voice says shut [G]up and deal
I'm [Am]losing deep within the arm of [C]castle
the [G]fire begins to glow
it [Am]leaps into the hall[G]ways
and [Am]climbs and twists and
grows the paint she wore
to [C]keep her young oh [G]lord
I will it burns and [Am]soon that old
The [G]fire is a [Am]-ragin'
Beneath the bridge she's a [C]-climbin'
Now the [G]captain stands aloft
He [Am]calls up to t[G]he bosun
Says, [Am]bosun, we're lost
Them ragged hoses and their [C]racks
No pres[G]sure do they hold
And the [Am]people down be[G]low are [Am]dyin'
Well, amid ships, oh, she's a [C]-blazin'
Now it's [G]spreadin' for an aft
And the [Am]people are a [G]-scramblin'
As the [Am]fire blocks their path
And evil smoke sur[C]rounds them
And they're [G]fallin' in their tracks
And the [Am]captain in his life
[G]boat is a [Am]-leavin'
Oh, then the ship Ba[C]hama Star
comes [G]steamin' through the night
She [Am]sees the castle a [G]-blazin'
and it [Am]is a terrible sight
Jump down, jump down,
a [C]captain cries,
we'll [G]save you if we can
And the [Am]paint on his [G]funnels is a [Am]-fryin'
God help the ones who [C]sleep below
and can[G]not find their way
Thank [Am]God for those [G]we res
cue [Am]upon this cerebral day
Oh, the heroes they are [C]many
and at [G]times a -growin' slim
For [Am]now, from stern to [G]bow,
she's a [Am]-blazin'
Oh, the Yarmouth Castle's [C]moanin'
She's a [G]-cryin' like a child
You can [Am]hear her if you [G]listen
Above [Am]the roar so wild
Is she cryin' for the [C]ones who lie
With[G]in her molten size
Or is she [Am]cryin' for herself
[G]I'm a [Am]-wond 'rin'
And soon they all were [C]rescued
The [G]ones who lived to tell
And [Am]from the star [G]they watched her
As [Am]she died there in the swells
Like a toy ship on [C]a mill pond
[G]She burned all through the night
And [Am]slip neath the [G]waves in the [Am]mornin'