Alestorm – Man The Pumps (Guitar)

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Album: You're Welcome (2017) [Chorus]
D#m                B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#m
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die
[Instrumental] D#m F# B D# G#m D#m D# D#m F# B D# G# D#m D# [Verse 1]
D#m                                F#
Well I was just a boy of 12 when I first left the land

B                            D#m
I'd never seen a pump before nor held one in my hand

G#m                               D#m
But fate it had in store for me a different destiny

B                             A#m               D#m
When I joined the crew of the leakiest ship that ever sailed the seas
[Instrumental] F# D# D#m G#m D#m D# [Verse 2]
D#m                               F#
We were a crew of scurvy dogs but sure we loved to pump

B                                  F#m
Even though the ship we sailed was just a ragged dump

G#                           F#m
Every day we pumped together standing side by side

G#                               A#
The water kept on creeping in, I thought that we might die
[Chorus]
D#                 B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#m
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die

B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#m
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die
[Instrumental] D#m F# B D# G#m D#m D# D#m F# B D# G#m D#m F# C# C#m B A# D# [Verse 3]
D#m                           F#
Twas in the gulf of Mexico we sailed a crimson tide

B                        F#m
And all the other pirates began to run and hide

G#                       D#m
"This is a devil's omen, we cannot pump these seas"

B              A#m                   D#m
I found myself alone on deck, so the task it fells to me
[Instrumental] F# B D#m G#m F#m F# [Verse 4]
D#m                             F#
The pumpy quest ahead of me was ominous and grim

B                             D#m
Our ship was sinking rapidly, the red tide flowing in

A                            D#m
I battened down the hatches, prepared to do what's right

G#m                                A#
I screamed a mighty battle cry and pumped all through the night
[Chorus]
D#                 B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die

D#                 B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#m
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

G#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die
[Solo] D# D#m F# A E B F# A E B G# A E B F# A E B G# A# [Chorus]
D#m                B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die

                   B
Into the oceans of hell, my friend

F#                 C#
Into the oceans we ride

G#                               D#m
Pump with both hands 'til you're back on dry land

 D#m
We're sailing the seas 'til we die

B                              D#
We're sailing the seas 'til we die
[Instrumental] D#m B D#m G#m D#m F# B D#m G#m D#m [Outro]
D#m                 F#                    B
Then daylight came, and all was calm, the ship she did not sink

D#m         G#m      D#m             D#              D#m
And all the crew did celebrate their rescue from the brink

                    F#                   B                 D#m
But when they spied where I did lay, the mood it fell bereft

G#m                     D#m    B          A#        D#m
For by the time the sun arose, I'd pumped myself to death