Tom Waits – Shiver Me Timbers (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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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