My Captain
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Muddy Waters
(From the 1964 Album FOLK SINGER)
[Intro]
E B7
[Verse 1]
E
Oh captain, captain, hmm, ooo, my captain so mean
E
Oh captain, captain, hmm, ooo, my captain so mean
E A B7
Ah, isn't feed me nothing, oh yeah, but soya bean
[Verse 2]
E
Oh the cook's alright, oh yeah, but the captain so mean
E
Hey, the cook's alright, oh yeah, but the captain so mean, I mean so mean
E A E A E
Ah, don't let me drive nothing, but just a old beat up wagon team
[Verse 3]
E
Yey, I worked all night, oh yeah boys, and I worked all day, ah, urn, so sad, so sad
E
Yey, I worked all night, oh yeah boys, and I worked all day
E A
Ah, I couldn't find my mule, oh yeah, fella'd show nowhere
[Guitar Solo]
E B A E B7
[Verse 4]
E
Yey, my wheel mule is crippled, hum, you know, my lead mule is blind
E
Yey, my wheel mule is crippled, hum, you know, my lead mule is blind
E B7
Now I ain't gonna buy my baby no more stockings, oh yeah boys, seem behind, mmm
E
Seem behind
E
Hum, people seem behind
How to play My Captain
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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