The Downeaster "Alexa" Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

[Verse 1]
Well I'm [C]on the Down[G]easter A[Am]lexa
And I'm [C]cruising through [G]Block Island [F]Sound
I have charted a [C]course to the [Dm]Vineyard
But to[C]night I am [G]Nantucket [F]bound

[Pre-chorus 1]
[F]We took on die[G]sel
back in [C]Montauk, yester[F]day
Left this [G]morning
from the [Am]bell in Gardiner's [G]Bay
[F]Like all the loc[G]als here,
I've [C]had to sell my [F]home
Too proud to [G]leave,
I worked my [Am]fingers to the [G]bone

[Verse 2]
So I could [C]own my Down[G]easter [Am]Alexa
And I [C]go where the [G]ocean is [F]deep
There are giants out [C]there in the [Dm]canyons
And a [C]good captain [G]can't fall [F]asleep

[Pre-chorus 2]
[F]I got bil[G]ls to pay
and [C]children who need [F]clothes
I know there's [G]fish out there, but [Am]where?
God only [G]knows
[F]They say these wat[G]ers aren't
[C]what they used to [F]be
But I got [G]people back on [Am]land
who count on [G]me

[Verse 3]
So if you [C]see my Down[G]easter [Am]Alexa
And if you [C]work with the [G]rod and the [F]reel
Tell my wife I am [C]trolling At[Dm]lantis
And I [C]still have my [G]hands on the [F]wheel

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Am][Am][Am]
[Em][Em][Em][Em]
[Am][Am][Am][Am]

[Verse 4]
Now I [C]drive my Down[G]easter [Am]Alexa
More and [C]more miles from [G]shore every [F]year
Since they told me I [C]can't sell no [Dm]stripers
And there's [C]no luck in [G]swordfishing [F]here

[Pre-chorus 3]
[F]I was a bay[G] man like my fat[C]her was befor[F]e
Can't make a [G]living as a [Am]bay man any[G]more
[F]There ain't much fut[G]ure
for a [C]man who works the [F]sea
But there ain't no [G]island left
for [Am]islanders like [G]me

[Outro 1]
Yeah, yeah, [C]yeah, [G]oh[Am]
Yeah, yeah, [C]yeah, [G]oh[Am]
Yeah, yeah, [C]yeah, [G]oh[Am]
Yeah, yeah, [C]yeah, [G]oh[Am][G][Am]