Lord Franklin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C#]It w[D]as h[C#]omeward bound
one [F#]night on the deep
[Ebm]Swinging in my hammock
I [A]fell asleep
[Db]I dreamed [D]a dream [Db]and I
[Gb]thought [D]it true
Concerning [A]Franklin and his
gal[D]lant crew[G][D][C#]
[D]With one

[Verse 2]
hundred sea[C#]men
he [F#]sailed [Ebm]away
To the frozen ocean [Em]in
[D]the month [A]of May
[C#]To seek a passage around
[F#]the pole[D]
Where we [A]poor seamen [G]do sometimes
[D]go
[G][D]

[Verse 3]
[C#]
Through cruel [A]hard[C#] shi[D]ps
[G]they mainly [F#]strove
[Ebm]Their ship on mounta[Em]ins of ice[A] was drove
[C#]Only[D] the Eskimo with his skin [G]canoe
[D]Was the only one[G] tha[A]t ever c[G]ame throug[D]h[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][C#][D]
[G][Em][A]
[D][G][D][Em][A]
[G][D][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]In Baffin's Bay where
[F#]the whale fish blow
[Ebm]The fate of Franklin no[Em]
[A]man may [D]know
The fate [C#]of Franklin no [D]tongue [F#]can t[C#]ell
[D]Lord [G]Frank[Em]lin [A]along with his sail
[G]ors [D]do dwell
[G][D]

[Verse 5]
And now my burden it gives [G]me pain
For [Ebm]my lon[Em]g lost Franklin
I'd [A]cross the main
[D]Ten tho[C#]usand[D] pounds
I would [G]freely [D]give
[G]To say on ear[A]th that my Frank
[G]lin [D]do [G]liv[D]e[A][D]