Frankie's Trade Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][F][D][Am]
Hold on to all Atlantic says,
Oh, [Esus4]hey, hold [E]to me all
[Esus4]Now where[E] di[Am]d Frankie
learn his trade?
[Esus4]For he ran me down
with a three [Am]-reef mainsail
All around [E]the horn
[Am]Atlantic on, said not from me[D]
Away, [Esus4]ho, to me, h[Am]o
Yet better [F]ask the [C]cold North [G]Sea
For he [F]ran me down on their
old plain can[G]vas,
[D]all around the [F]horn
[G]The [Am]North Sea answered, he's my [E]man,
[Am]oh h[Esus4]ey ho to m[E]e ho
[Esus4]For he came [E]to me wh[Am]en he began,
it's Frankie [F]Drake
In an open coaster all around [G]the [Am]sands
I caught him young and I used him sore
[D]Away [Am]home [Esus4]to me ho[E]me
So you [F]never shall start
on [C]Frankie [G]Moor
Without [F]capsizing earth
and all of our water[D]s
All around [F]the sands
[G]I d[Am]id not favour him at all
Away, [Esus4]oh, to me, o[E]h
I made [Am]him poor and I
made him whole
And stand his trick with the common sailors
All [D]around the [Am]sands
I froze him stiff and I fucked him [D]blind
Oh, [Am]hey [Esus4]-o h to me, oh[E]
And I [F]kicked him home, his road [G]to find
By what he [F]could see in a three
[D]-day snowstorm
[Am]All [D]around the s[F]ands
[G]I l[Am]earned him his trade on winter nights
[G]Oh, [Am]hey [E]-o h to me, oh
Trix, [F]Mardik, Fort, and Dunker [G]glides
On a [F]five -knot tide with a Ford Saffirium
[Am]All around t[D]he s[F]ands[Am][Esus4][Am][E]
[Am][F][G][F][D][Am][Dm][Am]
Before his beard began to shoot,
[Esus4]oh, hey, oh, [Am]to me[Esus4], oh[E]
I showed him the [Am]length
of the Spaniard's [D]foot
And I [Am]reckon he clapped the boot on it [D]later
[A]All [D]around the [Esus4]Sand s[Am]
If there's a risk which you can [Em]make,
[Am]oh, hey, oh, t[E]o me, oh
That's [F]worse than he was used [G]to take
Nigh [F]every week, in the
way of his busi[D]ness,
all around the [F]sands
If [Am]there's a trick that [C]you can [G]try,
oh [Am]hey, [G]oh to [E]me, oh
Which [F]he hasn't met in
time [G]gone by
Not once, not twice,
but [F]ten times [D]over,
all around the [F]sands
If [Am]you can teach him aught [D]that's new,
[Am]I'll [Esus4]to me own[E]
I'll [F]give you Bruges and New[G]port too,
And the [F]tentle churches that
stand between
And [D]all around [F]the horn
So [Am]storm along, gallant cap[C]tains,
[F]All around the [Am]horn.