Al Stewart – The Dark And The Rolling Sea (Guitar)

          Am      G           C        F
Oh you slipped away from the harbour side

        C     G            F     Dm
In the morning bright and clear

          Am          G              C      F
And your sails were filled with the rising wind

           C         E      F    Dm
And you laughed for all to hear

          Am                   G       C
But you never glanced at the ragged dance

       F        Dm      Em   G
Of your lovers on the quai

       Am       G             C         F
Don't call on them when the winds rise high

         C           G       F     Dm
On the dark and the rolling sea.

     Am        G             C         F
You set your course for the furthest shores

         C   G             F    Dm
And you never once looked back

          Am      G             C       F
And the flag you flew was the pirate cross

       C       E       F     Dm
On a field of velvet black.

            Am                   G     C
And those landsmen who you but lately knew

         F         Dm      Em  G
Were left stranded on the lea

       Am       G             C            F
Don't call on them when the storm clouds rise

         C            G      F       Dm
On the dark and the rolling sea.

      Am       G         C        F
Oh I have no need of a chart or creed

      C      G          F    Dm
You told your waiting crew

          Am        G               C         F
For the winds of chance, they will bear us straight

          C        E          F    Dm
And you spoke as though you knew.

         Am                  G      C
So you paid no mind to the warning signs

      F            Dm       Em  G
As you gave your words so free

         Am         G             C      F
Don't change your tack when the timbers crack

        C                G       F    Dm
On the dark and and the rolling sea.

          Am     G             C        F
Now the thunder rails in the great mainsails

          C      G         F    Dm
And the stars desert the skies

          Am       G             C        F
And the rigging strains as the hands of rain

        C       E        F     Dm
Reach down to wash your eyes.

          Am                      G        C
And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand

       F            Dm  Em    G
And his eyes spell mutiny

       Am      G              C          F
Don't call my name when your ship goes down

        C             G      F  Dm  Am  G Am
On the dark and the rolling sea.