Billy Joel – The Downeaster Alexa (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
G/B x20003
[Intro]
Am - Em - G - Am 2x
[Verse 1]
C G Am Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa C G F And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound. F C Dm I have charted a course to the Vineyard, C G F C - F But tonight I am Nantucket bound.
[Chorus 1]
F G C F We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday, F G Am G/B And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay. F G C F Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home, F G Am G/B Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone
[Verse 2]
C G Am So I could own my Downeaster Alexa C G F And I go where the ocean is deep. F C Dm There are giants out there in the canyons, C G F C - F And a good captain can't fall asleep.
[Chorus 2]
F G C F I got bills to pay and children who need clothes. F G Am G/B I know there's fish out there but where, God only knows. F G C F They say these waters aren't what they used to be. F G Am G/B But I've got people back on land who count on me.
[Bridge]
C G Am So if you see my Downeaster Alexa C G F And if you work with the rod and the reel, F C Dm Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis, C G F And I still have my hands on the wheel.
[Instrumental Bridge]
Am - Em - G - Am 2x
Em - Bm - D - Em 2x
Am - Em - G - Am 2x
[Verse 3]
C G Am Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa C G F More and more miles from shore ev'ry year, F C Dm Since they told me I can't sell no stripers. C G F And there's no luck in sword fishing here.
[Chorus 3]
F G C F I was a bayman like my father was before. F G Am G/B Can't make a living as a bayman anymore F G C F There ain't much future for a man who works the sea. F G Am G/B But there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
[Ending]
C G Am Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo C G Am Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo C G Am Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo C G Am Ya, ya, yaa aaa yo