Sailing Ships

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste ************************************ Written by J.S. Centilli ************************************ [Verse 1] G D C G Something’s going on at the sailing ship tonight G D C G Down at the dock they said the freight came in lite C D Now the lights are on C D Because the weight was wrong C D G The captain was interrogated all night long G G G [Verse 2] G D C G It was some time ago when the fisheries opened up G D C G It was captain against captain fighting for their quota C D When the boat left the shore C D Dozen men were accounted for C D G but there was another hidden under the floor G Cadd9 G/B D G Cadd9 G/B D G G G G [Bridge] A I saw her in the shadows C Hiding near the stern G Her hair glimpsed the light D As the day began to burn A I didn’t say a word C I was waiting for the moonlight G But they found her and they bound her D And they wrapped her up so tight A Then they took her up, topside C Where her eyes locked with mine G There was nothing I could do D And we both began to cry [Verse 4] G D C G My heart was levied by a stowaway in the night G D C G Forced to walk the plank without trial or a fight C D She stepped her last step C D My heart fell as she leapt C D G My tears fell from grace as she wept G Cadd9 G/B D G Cadd9 G/B D [Verse 5] G D C G The captain got off because the haul was good and right G D C G The freight was all there, though he sank what was mine C D Now the lights are off C D My heart is all, but gone C D G She stepped her last step forever in song