Calypso Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4]
[G]

[Verse 1]
My name is [G]Calypso
And I have lived [Gsus4]alone[G]
I live on an island
And I waken to the dawn
[Gsus4]A long time[C] ago
I [Csus4]watched him struggle w[C]ith
[G]the sea
I knew that he was drowning
And I brought him into [Csus4]me
Now today
Come morning light
[Eb]He sails away
Af[F]ter [Dm]one [G]last night
[Gsus4]I let him[G] go.[Gsus4][G]
My name [Gsus4]is Calypso My

[Verse 2]
[G]
garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden
Is the sweet[Gsus4]ness there that grows
[C]My hair [F]it blows long
As [C]I sing into t[F]he wind
[Bb]My name is Calypso
And I [Gsus4]have lived alone
I live on an island
I [G]tell of night[Gsus4]s
Where I [G]could taste the salt
on [Gsus4]his skin[Csus4]
Salt of the [F]waves

[Verse 3]
[C]
[F]And of tears
[Eb]And though he,pulled away
[Adim]I kept him h[F]ere [G]for year[Gsus4]s
[G]I let him go

[Interlude 1]
[G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4]
[G][F][C][F][C][Csus4][F][Bb][Gsus4]
[G][Gsus4][G][F][C][F][C][F][Bb]
[Eb][Adim][Am][G][Dm][G][Gsus4]
[G]
My name is Ca[Gsus4]lypso

[Verse 4]
[G]I have let h[Gsus4]im go
[G]In the dawn he sails awa[Gsus4]y
[G]To be gone for[F]ever mor[Gsus4]e
[C]And the waves will tak[Am]e him in [Bb]again
[C]But he'll know the[F]ir way[Bb]s now
[G]I will stand upon the shore
With a clean heart
And my [Dm]song in the [F]wind The

[Verse 5]
[Csus4]
sand will sting my feet
[F]And the sky wil[C]l bur[F]n
[Bb]It's a lonel[Eb]y time ahead[Adim]
[Am]I do n[G]ot ask him to return
[Gsus4]I let him g[G]o
I let him [Gsus4]go

[Outro 1]
[G][Gsus4]
[G][Gsus4][G]
[Gsus4]