Gordon Bok – Song For The Bowdoin (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D Am D C D D7 G [Verse]
                                  Am                   D7
You sailed the cold waters of the great Northern Bays

                             G
Ice in your rigging and your rail in the waves

                                   Am
And the snow on your canvas like a winter-gull's wing

D7                          G
Lord, the times you've been through
[Chorus]
    Em                            Bm
But now you've got hard times and now you lie still

           C           G/B        Am
And you're fast to the anchor and chain

Em                       Am
Broken and tired and the winds pass you by

       D7                   G     Am   D  D7  G
You're bound to go sailing again
[Verse]
                                 Am
They sailed out of Boothbay on a soft Southern swell

    D7                            G
The wind on your quarter and your bow rose and fell

                         Am
So many remember so much more than they'll tell

       D7                           G
Of the hardest of times you've been through
[Verse]
Em                           Bm
Greenland and Baffin and the white Labrador

       C            G/B      Am
In the wind and the terrible snows

          Em                              Am
When they carried their ice-picks just to bring you about

       D7                      G
In the light from the lanterns below
[Chorus]
        Em                            Bm
Oh, and now you've got hard times and now you lie still

           C           G/B        Am
And you're fast to the anchor and chain

Em                       Am
Broken and tired and the winds pass you by

       D7                   G
You're bound to go sailing again
[Instrumental] Em Bm C Am D Em Am D G [Verse]
                             Am
So rest, lady, rest from the fog and the gales

        D7                          G
Let the harbour protect you and the wind dry your sails

                                     Am
And a hundred old sailors tell their foggiest tales

       D7                           G
Of the hardest of times you've been through
[Verse]
          Em                         Bm
And we'll see your masts mingle with spruces and pines

          C         G/B          Am
And we'll bow as we all pass you by

      Em                          Am
For a boat is more patient than a sailor can be

         D7                      G     Am   D  D7  G
With the sun and the wind in his eye
[Chorus]
    Em                            Bm
Oh, now you've got hard times and now you lie still

           C           G/B        Am
And you're fast to the anchor and chain

Em                       Am
Broken and tired, summer winds pass you by

       D7                   G      Am
You're bound to go sailing again

       D7                   G    C G
You're bound to go sailing again