Steeleye Span – Our Captain Cried (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm Cm Dm Cm F Bb [Verse]
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Our captain cried, "All hands and away tomorrow"

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Leaving my dearest Eve, in grief and sorrow

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"Dry up your briny tears and leave off weeping

    Gm    Eb       F     Bb       F   Bb
How happy we shall be at our next meeting"
[Verse]
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“How can you go abroad and fight with strangers?

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You said you'd stay at home, here out of danger?

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I'd roll you in my arms, my dearest jewel

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So stay at home with me and don't be cruel”
[Instrumental] Gm Cm Dm Cm F Bb [Verse]
                    Eb         Bb        F    Bb
“When I had gold in store, you seemed to love me

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Now I am low and poor, you mean to slight me

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You courted me awhile, just to deceive me

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Now my poor heart you've won, you're going to leave me”
[Verse]
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“Farewell me dearest friends, father and mother

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I am your only child, you have no other

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'Tis fain to weep for me, for I am going

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My love I love so dear, it is my ruin
[Instrumental] Bb Eb Bb F Bb Gm Eb Bb F Gm Eb Bb F Gm Eb F Bb F Bb Gm Eb Dm Cm F Bb [Verse]
                        Eb         Bb    F  Bb
Our captain cried, "All hands and away tomorrow"

    Gm             Eb      Bb               F
Leaving my dearest Eve, in grief and sorrow

     Gm            Eb        Bb                F
"Dry up your briny tears and leave off weeping

    Gm    Eb       F     Bb       F   Bb
How happy we shall be at our next meeting"
[Outro] Gm Eb Dm Cm F Bb Gm Eb Dm Cm F Bb