Head On The Yacht Club Bar Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]The Warning Flags were up that night
there [G]blew a fearsome gale.
A [Am]stranger at the Yacht Club bar
[E]began [Am]an awful tale.
I'll tell you about the flotsam class
which [G]set out on a race.
From [Am]Ravage [E]Quay straight [Em]out to sea
and [Am]twice around the [G]place.
[Am]The [E]first craft at the halfway mar[Em]k
was [G]Grubby Jean the third
One [Am]-tenth the length behind her
swept the gallant Thunderbird
Twelve others trailed by quarter [E]-miles
while [G]the poor old drinking gourd
Was staggering so [Am]far be[G]hind
we [Am]thought she still was [G]bored[Am]
[E]The [Am]Thunderbird came tacking [E]down
and [G]passed the Grubby Jean
Her [Am]skipper Johnny Pizer,
but a lad of seventeen,
His youthful indiscretion
caused the [G]judge to snort aloud,
He [Am]put his f[G]ingers to his nose
and [Am]scandalized the crowd.
The stranger took another [Em]drink
[G]and heaved a fearful sigh
We [Am]yachtsmen stood in silence,
round a tear in every eye
And as the tale began again,
no [G]man dared laugh or joke
The stranger's heart,
we [Am]all could t[G]ell,
[Am]was very nearly [E]broke[Am][G]
[Am]Well, then suddenly from nowhere near
a [G]third boat did appear
The [Am]drinking gourd come in to [E]view,
her [Am]speed caused all to cheer
She overhauled the grubby jean,
she [G]passed the Thunderbird
And Johnny Pizer [Am]cursed [G]aloud,
[Am]it's good he wasn't hurt
Well when the race was over
[Em]we all [G]rushed with wild surmise
To [Am]learn the [E]mighty secret
which had [Am]won the gourd her prize
[E]Her [Am]smirking captain faced the crowd,
[G]it's simple but it's fine
We [Am]simply [G]took a good [Am]long [G]breath
and [Am]blew her [G]across the [Am]line
[E][Am][E][Am][G]
[Am]The stra[E]nger paused,
[Am]I'll tell you [E]who I [G]am,
and whence I came
I'm [Am]just a crazy sailing [E]man,
[Am]John Pizer [G]was [Am]my name
[E]I t[Am]ried the t[E]rick to no avail,
I've [G]blown with all my might
He gasped,
and he fell dead across the bar,
And we all drank tea that [Am]night.