Stan Rogers – White Squall (Guitar Intro Tab)

[Intro/Riff]

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B|-3-----2-----0---------------0---|-----------------3---------------|
G|-----2-------------2-----1h2-----|-----------2---------------2-----|
D|---2-------2-----2-----2---------|-0-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
A|-0-------0-----0-----0-----------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
E|---------------------------------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|

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B|-3-----2-----0-------------------|-----------2---------------2-----|
G|-----2---------2-------------2---|-2-----2-------2-------2-------2-|
D|---2-------2-----2-------2/4-----|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|-0-------0-------------2---------|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|
E|-----------------0---0-----------|---------------------------------|

[Verse] A F#m D Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do C#m F#m E But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo', A F#m D And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail C#m E A And whirl off one more youngster in the gale. A F#m D The kid was so damned eager. It was all so big and new. C#m F#m E You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do. A F#m D And evenings on the mess deck he was always first to sing, A E A And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring. [Chorus] E E7 D A But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. D C#m F#m E They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted." A F#m D But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall. [Verse] A F#m D Now it's a thing that us oldtimers know. In a sultry summer calm C#m F#m E There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb. A F#m D And a fifteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam C#m E A While the gale takes all before it with a scream. A F#m D The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky. C#m F#m E From where I stood I swear I could see tears fall from his eyes. A F#m D So I hadn't the heart to tell him that he should be on a line, C#m E A Even on a night so warm and fine. [Chorus] E E7 D A But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. D C#m F#m E They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted." A F#m D But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall. [Verse] A F#m D When it struck, he sat up with a start; I roared to him, "Get down!" C#m F#m E But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound. A F#m D So, I clung there to the stanchions, and I felt my face go pale, C#m E A As he crawled hand over hand along the rail. A F#m D I could feel her keeling over with the fury of the blow. C#m F#m E I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow. A F#m D Then, like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again. C#m E A Far overside. I heard him call my name. [Chorus] E E7 D A But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. D C#m F#m E They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted." A F#m D But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall. [Verse] A F#m D So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do C#m F#m E But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo', A F#m D And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail C#m E A And whirl off one more youngster in the gale. [Chorus] E E7 D A But I tell these kids a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. D C#m F#m E They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted." A F#m D But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall