Steeleye Span – Let Her Go Down (Guitar)

Capo 2
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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS***** [INTRO] C G C F (2x) [VERSE 1]
C             F
Sometime in October,

   G           F         C
We sailed from England's shore

        G        C    G      C
When we sailed into a raging storm

          F           G      C
Like I've never, ever seen before

    F                          G
And all of the crew, they were brave men

        C               C7  F
But the captain, he was braver

          G     C        G        C
He said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,

                            F
There's none of us here can save her”
[CHORUS]
            C      C  G  F
“Let her go down

              C      C  G  F
Swim for your lives

              C
Swim for your children

Dm            G
Swim for your wives

               C       C  G  F
But let her go down

           C         C  G  F
Let her go down”
[VERSE 2]
C                F
Lost in the open ocean

           G           F        C
There were some of the crew and me

       G       C           G       C
As the captain steered our wounded ship

       F            G     C
To the bottom of an angry sea

             F                   G
And with his dying breath we all heard him say,

          C            C7  F
"It's the fortune of a sailor"

              G     C        G        C
And he said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,

                            F
There's none of us here can save her”
[CHORUS]
            C      C  G  F
“Let her go down

              C      C  G  F
Swim for your lives

              C
Swim for your children

Dm            G
Swim for your wives

               C       C  G  F
But let her go down

           C        C  G  D
Let her go down”
* Key change - Up 2 semitones * [VERSE 3]
D                  G
He wondered if his shipmates

     A             G             D
Were ready just to pray and give in

      A            D         A      D
So he called their names out one by one

              G            A         D
But there was no one else around but him

           G                    A
He saw the ship go down in the fading light

       D                  D7    G
And he knew he could have saved her

              A       D              A       D
He said, "The captain lied, when the captain cried",

                             G
'There's none of us here can save her";
[CHORUS]
            D      D  A  G
“Let her go down

              D      D  A  G
Swim for your lives

              D
Swim for your children

Em            A
Swim for your wives

               D       D  A  G
But let her go down

           D        D  A  G
Let her go down

           D        D  A  G
Let her go down

           D
Let her go down”