The Flowers of Bermuda Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
[C][G][C][D][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]He was Cap[C]tain
[G]of the [D]Nightin[G]gale
Twenty-one days [D]days from [G]Clyde in [D]coal
[G]He could smell the [C]flowers [G]of
Bermuda in the [C]gale
When he [D]died on the [G]North Rock Shore
Just five short [Am]hours [C]from Ber[D]muda,

[Verse 2]
[G]
in a [D]fine October gale
[G]There came a [C]cry "Oh,
[G]there be breakers [C]ahead!"
From the [D]collier Nightingale
[G]No sooner [C]had the [G]Captain brought her round,
came a [D]rending [C]crash be[G]low
Hard on her [C]beam ends, [G]groaning,
went the Nightin[C]gale
And over [D]side her main[C]mas[G]t goes

[Verse 3]
"Oh, [Am]Captain,
are [D]we [G]all for drowning?"came the [D]cry from [C]all the [D]crew
[G]"The boats be [C]smashed! How
[G]then are we all to be [C]saved?
They are [D]stove in through and through!"
[G]"Oh, are ye bra[C]ve and har[G]dy collier-men
or or are ye [D]blind and [C]cannot [D]see?
[G]The Captain's [C]gig still [G]lies
before ye whole and [C]sound,
It shall [D]carry [G]all [C]o'[G][D][C]
[D]we.[G]"[C]
[G][C][D]

[Verse 4]
[G]
But when the [Am]crew was [C]all [D]as [G]sembled
and the [D]gig pre[C]pared for [D]sea,
[G]Twas seen there [C]were but [G]eighteen
places to be [C]manned
Nineteen [D]mortal souls were we.
[G]But cries the Cap[C]tain [G]"Now do not delay,
nor do ye [D]spare a [C]thought for me.
[G]My duty [C]is to [G]save ye all now,
if I [C]can.
See ye re[D]turn as quick [C]as [G]can[C][G][D][G][D][C]
[G]be."
[C][G][C]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][C]
[G][D][G][D][C][D][G][C][G]
[C][D][C][G]
Oh, there be [Am]flowers

[Verse 5]
[C]in Ber[D] mu[G]da.
Beauty [D]lies on every and,
[G]And there be [C]laughter,
[G]ease and drink for every [C]man,
But there [D]is no joy for [G]me;
For when we [C]reached the [G]wretched
Nightingale what [D]an awful [C]sight was [G]plain
The Captain, [C]drowned,
was [G]tangled in the mizzen-chains
[C]Smiling Smiling [D]bravely [C]be [G]neath [C]the[G][D][G][D]
[C]sea[D].[G][C]

[Outro 1]
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