The Clancy Brothers - The day of the clipper

^GYou can see the squares of canvas dancing ^Cover the ho^Grizon You can feel the chanty wailing to the ^Dheaving of the ^D7men You can ^Cfeel the seas up ^Dto your knees and you ^Gknow the sea is ^Crising And you ^Gknow the clipper's ^Cday has come ^Dagain

^GTo the men on high, the bosun's cry com^Cmands a ^D7killing ^Gstrain Till every mother's son begins to ^Dpray ^D7... With a h^Cearty shout, she ^Dcomes about as she ^Gheads into the r^Cain And the ^Gship has never ^Dseen a ^D7better ^Gday

^DSailing ships and sailing men will ^Csail the open ^Gwaters Where the ^Conly thing that ^Gmatters is the ^Cwind inside the ^Dmain So ^Call you loving ^Dmothers keep your ^Geyes upon your ^Cdaughters For the ^Gsails will mend their ^Ctatters and the ^Dmasts will ^D7rise a^Ggain

^GWooden beams and human dreams are ^Call that makes her ^Ggo And the magic of the wind upon her ^Dsails ^D7... She'd ^Crather fight the ^Dweather than the ^Gfishes down be^Clow God ^Ghelp us if the ^Crigging ever ^Dfails

As the ^Gtimber creaks, the captain speaks a^Cbove the ^D7vessel's ^Ggroan 'Til every soul on board can hear the ^Dcall ^D7... It's ^Cnothing but the ^Dsinging of the ^Gship inside her ^Cbones And ^Gthis is when she ^Dlike it ^D7best of ^Gall

^DSailing ships and sailing men will ^Csail the open ^Gwaters Where the ^Conly thing that ^Gmatters is the ^Cwind inside the ^Dmain So ^Call you loving ^Dmothers keep your ^Geyes upon your ^Cdaughters For the ^Gsails will mend their ^Ctatters and the ^Dmasts will ^D7rise a^Ggain

^GWhere the current goes, the clipper's nose is ^Cplowing fields of ^Ggreen Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them ^Dwell ^D7... Where ^Cmen could be when ^Dlost at sea is ^Gsomewhere in bet^Cween The ^Gregions of a ^Cheaven and a ^Dhell

They're ^Gsailing eastern harbors and the ^CCali^D7fornia ^Gshores If you set your mind to see them then you ^Dcan ^D7... As you ^Ccount each mast go ^Dsailing past you ^Gprouder than be^Cfore Then you'll ^Gknow the clipper's ^Dday has ^D7come a^Ggain

^DSailing ships and sailing men will ^Csail the open ^Gwaters Where the ^Conly thing that ^Gmatters is the ^Cwind inside the ^Dmain So ^Call you loving ^Dmothers keep your ^Geyes upon your ^Cdaughters For the ^Gsails will mend their ^Ctatters and the ^Dmasts will ^D7rise a^Ggain