Jason Rigby Band

Intro: Dm [Verso 1] Dm F C Dm There he sailed across the seas from a land thats far away Dm F C Dm The man they called old Salty Jack and his vessels here to stay F C Dm He fled the port of Nassau in seventeen seventy F C Dm He set the sails and drew a course to an unknown distant reef Dm F C Dm Nights drew long and the days went on as he drifted aimlessly Dm F C Dm Rain n sun n hail n shine as he crossed that salty sea F C Dm No port in site, no land ahoy or message of the beach F C Dm But the lightning cracked and he ran aground on that unknown distant reef [Refrão] C Dm This is the Ballad of old Salty Jack C Dm His wreck a long forgotten tale C Dm He sailed the seven seas but lost his track C Dm Now a ghostly ship with a broken sail [Verso 2] Dm F C Dm While Jack laid there on the sand of that lonely island beach Dm F C Dm He hoped and prayed that hed be saved but the days turned into weeks F C Dm But in the distance he saw a sight that no one would believe F C Dm A British flag on that ship, only one that it could be Dm F C Dm Old Jack could do nothing more than watch the ship move on Dm F C Dm Hed heard the word of a man named Cook and the ship he sail upon F C Dm He watched Endeavour sail right past as he sat there hopelessly F C Dm Just off the coast of Bustard Bay where he couldve made history [Refrão] C Dm This is the Ballad of old Salty Jack C Dm His wreck a long forgotten tale C Dm He sailed the seven seas but lost his track C Dm Now a ghostly ship with a broken sail [Verso 3] Dm F C Dm The fate of Jack was set in sand when he wrecked out on that reef Dm F C Dm To Davy Jones hed be bound and his final home the sea F C Dm Thats the story of Salty Jack, and the man he could have been F C Dm If hed missed that reef and kept his course into Seventeen seventy [Refrão] C Dm This is the Ballad of old Salty Jack C Dm His wreck a long forgotten tale C Dm He sailed the seven seas but lost his track C Dm Now a ghostly ship with a broken sail