isaac lewis Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[G][Am][D][G]

[Verse 1]
My name is Isaac Lewis, [C]I'm an
able- [G]bodied man
On the ship the Royal Charter,
[Bm]bound off [Am]for Van Diemen's [D]Land
Oh, the sea that took [Bm]six months to [G]cross,
we could do in [C]two
[Bm]So it's up that Mersey River,
[Am]out of Liverpool we [D]flew

[Verse 2]
And [G]some of us were sailors, [C]all hardy,
young and [Am]old[G]
And some of us were pioneers,
[Am]bound off [Bm]for the [D]gold
There were merchants and musi[G]cians,
Christian soldiers [C]of the cross
We [Bm]stared into that foamy sea,
[Am]saw our dreams there in the [D]broth
[G]Sail on, [C]sail on and

[Verse 3]
[D]on and [G]on
My [C]name is Isaac [Bm]Lewis,
[Am]this shall be [G]my song

[Verse 4]
[G]So we landed there in Botany Bay,
[C]and the boys went on [G]the town
And I met a girl named Emma Gray, I
[Am]loved her up and [D]down
And I swore that I'd re[G]turn for her,
one more tour at [C]sea
But I [Bm]had to tell my father
[Am]what he meant to [D]me

[Verse 5]
For every night, I [G]dreamed a dream, as
the wind swept through the [C]sails
That [Bm]I was in my father's house,
[Am]back in northern [D]Wales
And I reached out for my [G]father,
I said, "I love you very [C]much,"
But the [Bm]ship rolled [G]o'er and the [Bm]dream was
drowned be[Am]fore we got to [D]touch
Sail [G]on, sail

[Verse 6]
[C]on and [D]on and [G]on
My [C]name is Isaac [Bm]Lewis,
[G]thi[D]s shall be my son[G]g
So I kissed the [Gm]lips

[Verse 7]
of Emma
[G]Gray and set [C]sail for Liver[G]pool
And the parrots perched in the riggings,
boys and the [Am]dolphins swam in [D]schools
Our trip, it was a [G]pleasant one, till
we reached the coast of [C]Wales
And [Bm]one day out from Liverpool,
[Am]god unleashed a [D]gale

[Verse 8]
Good [G]lord, I've seen some squalls,
me boys and [C]hurricanes at [G]sea
And many nights I'd rediscovered,
[Am]faith on bended [D]knee
But I never seen it [G]blow so hard,
we anchored her at [C]last
But the [Bm]waves rolled o'er the top of us,
[Am]we had to cut the [D]mast
And all the [G]mining magnates

[Verse 9]
clutched their gold,
be[C]lieving they'd be [G]saved
But their bloody greed destroyed them first,
be[Am]neath the angry [D]waves
All the women and the [G]children,
lost to etern[C]ity
Ah, [Bm]man has tamed and shaped the
land, he'll [Am]never [D]tame the sea
And every night I had [G]dreamed a dream, as

[Verse 10]
the wind swept through the [C]sails
That [Bm]I was in my father's house,
[Am]back in northern [D]Wales
And I reached for my [G]father, I said,
"I love you [C]very much,"
But the [Bm]ship rolled o'er and the dream was
drowned be[Am]fore we got to [D]touch

[Verse 11]
Sail [G]on,[C][D][G][C]
[Bm]hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
hmmm, [G]hmmm, hmmm, hmmm[Am][G]

[Verse 12]
We were caught [G]upon the rocks,
just [C]ten yards from the [G]shore
And we saw men standing on the rocks,
[Am]maybe three or [D]more
And I swear I saw my [G]father waving
at me through the [C]squall
And I [Bm]screamed that I was coming home,
that's [Am]all that I re[D]call
For the [G]waves they swept me overboard with the

[Verse 13]
[C]
broken mast and [G]sails
And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished,
on the [Am]rocks of northern [D]Wales
And in three days time I [G]washed
up on the whitened sandy [C]shore
One [Bm]hundred yards from Moelfre and my
[Am]father's white oak [D]door
[G]Sail

[Verse 14]
on, sail [C]on [D]and on and o[G]n
My [C]name is Isaac [Bm]Lewis,
[Am]this shall be my [G]song

[Verse 15]
And some will shout coincidence, [C]or
say this [G]can't be true
I only say, just tell your loved ones
[Am]what they mean to [D]you
For you shall sail the [G]seas of life,
pursuing golden [C]schemes
Yet, [Bm]drown so [G]closely [Bm]to your home,
the [Am]cradle of your [D]dreams

[Verse 16]
Sail [G]on, sail [C]on and [D]on and [G]on
My [C]name is Isaac [Bm]Lewis[G]
and [D]this has been my [G]song
My [C]name is Isaac [Bm]Lewis [G]and thi[D]s has
[Am]been [D]my [G]song[C][G]
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