Tom Waits – Shiver Me Timbers (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Em* x75000
[Intro]
G C G Em7
G A7 Am D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C G Em7 I'm leaving my family, leaving all my friends G A7 Am D7 My body's at home but my heart's in the wind G C G Em7 Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front page sky G A7 Am D7 G My tears are salt water and the moon's full and high G C G Em7 And I know Martin Eden's gonna be proud of me G A7 Am D7 Many before me have been called by the sea G C G Em7 To be up in the crow's nest singing my say G A7 Am D7 G Shiver me timbers as I'm sailing away
[Chorus]
Em* Emmaj7/D# And the fog's lifting and the sand's shifting G6/D Em6/C# I'm drifting on out A7 D7sus4 D7 Old captain Ahab, he ain't got nothing on me Em* Emmaj7/D# So swallow me, follow me G6/D Em6/C# I'm travelling alone A7 Am D7 Blue waters my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone
[Interlude]
G C G Em7
G A7 Am D7 G
[Verse 2]
G C G Em7 So please call my misses, tell her not to cry G A7 Am D7 'Cause my goodbye is written by the moon in the sky G C G Em7 Nobody knows me, I can't fathom my stayin' G A7 Am D7 G Shiver me timbers as I'm sailing away
(Chorus)
[Verse 3]
G C G Em7 And I'm leaving my family, leaving all my friends G A7 Am D7 My body's at home but my heart's in the wind G C G Em7 Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front page sky G A7 Am D7 G Shiver me timbers as I'm sailing a - way