Confession Of Elizor Lockwood Regarding The Speedy

[Verso 1] D G D G Come all ye lads who yearn to go on the Great Lakes for to sail Bm F#m Em A Hear my song of the lost ship Speedy and her sad and fateful tale D G D G As I am cursed through all of my days, no peace I fear Ill know Bm F#m Em A D 'Til I join those souls, in the waters below of Lake Ontar-i-o [Verso 2] D G D G As I near my end youll not know me but Lockwood is my name Bm F#m Em A A simple man of small renowned and little wealth to claim D G D G And of this tale I must relay, that my spirit may be saved Bm F#m Em A D Of those lost souls who sank with her and haunt me to my grave [Verso 3] D G D G Twas in the year eighteen-oh-four, the story had begun Bm F#m Em A In the dark of eve on Scugog isle that a murder had been done D G D G Although I was not near there, I swore I saw a fight Bm F#m Em A D Where the native Obgetonicut, had taken John Sharps life [Ponte] G F#m A Bm So aided by the Farewells, we chased him down that eve G D Em Asus4 And brought him forth to justice and Colonel Givens leave G F#m A Bm So then both chained and captured he would be held for trial G/B D/A Asus4 Asus2 His fate thus sealed by my own words his honour thus reviled [Verso 4] D G D G The trial would be held upon the shores near Presquile Bay Bm F#m Em A The Speedy was the schooner that would voyage down the lake D G D G To carry judge and jury, court officers and crew Bm F#m Em A D East of Muddy York she sailed, the pris'ner to his due [Verso 5] D G D G Was it fate or was it God that stopped me on that day Bm F#m Em A For I chose to join the Farewells for the journey to the bay D G D G No I did not board the Speedy nor hear of her sad tale Bm F#m Em A D Until we reached our journeys end amidst a mighty gale [Ponte] G F#m A Bm But God alone would know the storm that hit the lake that night G D Em Asus4 That shook her beams and tore her sails and drove her out of sight G F#m A Bm No sign of crew or cargo no bodies ever found G/B D/A Asus4 Asus2 And on my very soul will bare the mark of those whod drowned [Verso 6] D G D G Come all ye lads who yearn to go on the Great Lakes for to sail Bm F#m Em A Hear my song of the lost ship Speedy and her sad and fateful tale D G D G As I am cursed through all of my days, no peace I fear Ill know Bm F#m Em A D 'Til I join those souls, in the waters below of Lake Ontario