Gordon Lightfoot – Triangle (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
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[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall
F Is the day when my ship will set sail G The best of all friends will say good-bye again C There's still time for one last glass of ale
[VERSE 2:]
We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall
F On a southwind and lots of good cheer G And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover C We'll be in Bahama next year
[VERSE 3:]
From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us
F Will teach us a lesson or two G There's many a mate who unevenly stated C The course he had charted was true
[VERSE 4:]
"Don't worry 'bout me", he said, "Go down below
F Give a certified sailor a turn G Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say, C 'Son, you got something to learn'"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G And a mighty fine way to be found C F C F So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship C F G Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips G7 C With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips
[VERSE 5:]
Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring
F When the water runs heavy and fast G The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball C And it seems their first trip was their last
[VERSE 6:]
They had so much fun they don't wish to return
F To the beach where they lay all day long G They'd rather stay under and boy it's no wonder C When all the rock lobsters roll on
It's a mighty fine way to be found
[VERSE 7:]
Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle
F We're bound for Bahama my friend G Like lovers like danger, like babies like mangers C But that's where my storybook ends
[VERSE 8:]
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god
F And all kings without crosses to bear G All sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours C Should try the Triangle out there
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G And a mighty fine way to be found C F C F So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship C F G Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips G7 C With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips
[VERSE 9:]
When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled
F There was no confusion or blame G The captain said, "Men we must answer again C To the sea, so ye may not complain"
[VERSE 10:]
And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep
F With their faces turned up to the stars G A tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said C "There goes another sandbar"
[CHORUS:]
It's a mighty hard way to come down
G And a mighty fine way to be found C F C F So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship C F G Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips G7 C With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips