Tol' My Captain Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Gm]Tol' My Ca[G]ptain my
[C]hands [Gm]was cold
[G]Set down your hands [D]boy,
let the [C]wheel[D]ing [C]roll[G]
[D]I asked my

[Verse 2]
[Gm]captain [G]to give me [C]time
Damned old [G]captain [D]wouldn't
pay me no [C]mind[G]
[D]I raised my

[Verse 3]
[C]hand [Gm]to wi[G]pe
the sweat [C]off my head
Captain got [G]mad, [D]Lord shot my buddy [C]dead
[D]He kept on

[Verse 4]
[Gm]walkin' [G]up and[C] down
Buddy laying there [G]dead, Lord
[D]On the burning gro[C]und[G]
[D]If I'd a

[Verse 5]
[Gm]had [Bb]my we[G]ight a[C]nd line
I'd a [G]whipped [C]that [Gm]cap t[G]ain[D]
Till he went stone [C]blind[D]

[Verse 6]
If you don't [Gm]believe[G]
my [C]buddy is dead
[Gm]Just look at that hole[G] in[D]
[C]my bud[D]dy's hea[C]d[G]
[D]The buzzard's circlin'

[Verse 7]
[Gm]
[G]rou[C]nd the sky
Oh that [G]captain [D]sure is bound to die[C][G]
Sure is bound [C]to die.