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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Now it's jAust my luck to have the watch, with nF#mothing left to Ddo But wC#match the deadly waters glide as we rF#moll north to the 'SEoo', And wAonder when they'll turn again and pF#mitch us to the rDail And whC#mirl off one more yEoungster in the gAale.
The kAid was so damned eager. It was F#mall so big and nDew. You nC#mever had to tell him twice, or fF#mind him work to dEo. And Aevenings on the mess deck he was F#malways first to sDing, And show us pAictures of the gEirl he'd wed in spAring.
[Chorus]
But I tEold that kid a hE7undred times "Don't tDake the Lakes for grAanted. They gDo from calm to a hC#mundred knots so fF#mast they seem enchEanted." But tAonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies stF#maring at the wDall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall.
[Verse]
Now it's a thAing that us oldtimers know. In a sF#multry summer cDalm There cC#momes a blow from nowhere, and it gF#moes off like a bEomb. And a fAifteen thousand tonner can be thrF#mown upon her bDeam While the gC#male takes all befEore it with a scrAeam.
The kAid was on the hatches, lying stF#maring at the sDky. From whC#mere I stood I swear I could see tF#mears fall from his Eeyes. So I hAadn't the heart to tell him that he shF#mould be on a lDine, C#mEven on a nEight so warm and fAine.
[Chorus]
But I tEold that kid a hE7undred times "Don't tDake the Lakes for grAanted. They gDo from calm to a hC#mundred knots so fF#mast they seem enchEanted." But tAonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies stF#maring at the wDall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall.
[Verse]
When it strAuck, he sat up with a start; I rF#moared to him, "Get dDown!" But for C#mall that he could hear, I could as wF#mell not made a sEound. So, I clAung there to the stanchions, and I fF#melt my face go pDale, As he crC#mawled hand over hEand along the rAail.
I could fAeel her keeling over with the fF#mury of the blDow. I wC#matched the rail go under then, so tF#merrible and slEow. Then, like sAome great dog she shook herself and rF#moared upright agDain. Far C#moverside. I hEeard him call my nAame.
[Chorus]
But I tEold that kid a hE7undred times "Don't tDake the Lakes for grAanted. They gDo from calm to a hC#mundred knots so fF#mast they seem enchEanted." But tAonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies stF#maring at the wDall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall.
[Verse]
So it's jAust my luck to have the watch, with nF#mothing left to Ddo But wC#match the deadly waters glide as we rF#moll north to the 'SEoo', And wAonder when they'll turn again and pF#mitch us to the rDail And whC#mirl off one more yEoungster in the gAale.
[Chorus]
But I tEell these kids a hE7undred times "Don't tDake the Lakes for grAanted. They gDo from calm to a hC#mundred knots so fF#mast they seem enchEanted." But tAonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies stF#maring at the wDall, C#m E [Intro/Riff] And her lover's gone into a white squall