The Lofty Tall Ship Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]As we were [A]gone [D]sailing[A]
five [G]cold [A]frosty [D]nights,
Five cold frosty [C]nights [G]and four days,
Before we [A]did [D]spy there a lofty tall [G]ship,[D]
She [G]come [D]bearing down on [A]us,
[D]brave boys.

[Verse 2]
"Oh [D]where are you going,
you [G]lofty [D]tall ship?
What makes you to venture so [G]nigh?
For I have [A]turned [D]robbing
all on the salt [G]sea[D]
[G]To main[D]tain my two
broth[A]ers and [D]I."

[Verse 3]
"Then heave on your [G]courses
[D]and let [G]go your [A]main [D]sheets
And bring yourself under my [G]lee.
And [D]I will t[A]ake f[D]rom you your rich merchant's goods,
merchant's goods,
And [G]I'll [D]point your bow
guns [A]to the [D]sea."

[Verse 4]
"No, not heave up [D]my courses
nor let [G]go my [A]main [D]sheets
Nor let her come under your [G]lee.
Nor [D]you will [A]take [D]from me my rich merchant's goods,
mer[A]chant's [D]goods,
[G]Nor you'll [D]point my bow
guns [A]to the [D]sea."

[Verse 5]
Now broadside and [D]broadside
these [G]vessels they [D]went,
They were fighting four hours or [G]more.
Till [D]Henry [A]Mar[D]tin gave to
her a [G]broad[D]side
[G]And she [D]sank and she nev[A]er rose [D]more.

[Verse 6]
Sad [D]news, Henry Martin,
sad [G]news I've [A]to [D]tell,
Sad news it is going [G]around.
Of a [D]lofty [A]tall [D]ship [A]and[D] she's cast away
[G]And [D]the[G] whole [D]of her merry [A]men drowne[D]d.

[Outro 1]
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