Fairport Convention – Around The Wild Cape Horn (Guitar)
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[Intro]
A D A F#m E A
[Verse]
D A F#m E D I was born a land-bound farm boy and in New England raised A F#m E The rippling of the wheat fields, well they were my ocean waves A D A F#m E D Each rise and fall, each cry and call, of the crows across the corn A E A Were seagulls swooping around the bow D F#m E A Of the ship I dreamed I'd sail around Cape Horn
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A D A F#m E A
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D A F#m E D My deck was the dusty farmyard, my mast was the telegraph pole A F#m E The windblown whine in the telegraph wire, was the sound called in my soul A D A F#m E D And it seemed to have been singing since the day that I was born A E A You're gonna take a trip on a sailing ship D F#m E A All the way around the wild Cape Horn
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A D A F#m E A
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D A F#m E D Well, I found that ship in Hamburg and her name it was Peking A F#m E Our skipper's name was Jervis, well I never met a man like him A D A F#m E D He pulled two men out from the sea, by the hair, in a raging storm A E A And he kept that grip on the sailing ship D F#m E A All the way around the wild Cape Horn
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D A F#m E D Well, the cargo weighed five thousand tons, the ship three thousand more A F#m E An acre of sail was up aloft, some seventeen storeys tall A D A F#m E D And we had a pig and a scruffy dog and a turkey fed on corn A E A Willing hands to drive her on D F#m E A All the way around the wild Cape Horn
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E Well, its four hours on and its four hours off Bm D And you sleep in your wet clothes A D F#m E The only dry thing on the ship is the cargo down below A D A F#m E D Eleven thousand miles we sailed, nigh on one hundred dawns A E A Thirty two sails on a heaving ship D F#m E A Hauling us around the wild Cape Horn
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A D A F#m E A x2
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D A F#m E D Seventeen days we were becalmed, then Friday the thirteenth A F#m E Sixty-eight great ships were lost in the storm of the century A D A F#m E D We blew into the Atlantic on a sunlit sparkling morn A E A The turkey got sick, so we ate him quick D F#m E A On the way around the wild Cape Horn
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D A F#m E D We lost two boys along the voyage, they got washed overboard A F#m E Silence from us down below, no one could put in words A D A F#m E D Two empty bunks to mark the space, their two lives to mourn A E A Torn between all life and death D F#m E A All the way around the wild Cape Horn
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E Well, she had us sort of hypnotised Bm D No time to catch our breath A D F#m E If you want to love your life, you have to flirt with death A D A F#m E D Sail close to the harnessed wind and treat all risks with scorn A E A A farm boy and an unyoked team D F#m E A Ploughed their way around the wild Cape Horn
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A D A F#m E A x2
[Verse]
D A F#m E D Mountain waves like avalanches, crashed upon the decks A F#m E The screaming winds ripped ropes and spars and tried to have us wrecked A D A F#m E D But she rose and fell through foam and swell, her sails all ripped and torn A E A Eight thousand tons, tossed like a cork F#m E A We made it 'round the wild Cape Horn
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E Well, she had us sort of hypnotised Bm D No time to catch our breath A D F#m E If you want to love your life, well you have to flirt with death A D A F#m E D Sail close to the harnessed wind and treat all risks with scorn A E A A farm boy and an unyoked team D F#m E A Ploughed their way around the wild Cape Horn A E A A farm boy and an unyoked team D F#m E A Ploughed their way around the wild Cape Horn