Tom Waits - Shiver me timbers
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Capo: 3
Tuning:
Capo 3rd fret (Key of Bb)
[INTRO]
G C/D G Em7
G A7 Am9/G D7
[Verse]
GI'm leaving my C/Dfamily
GLeaving all my Em7friends
GMy body's at A7home
but my hAm9/Gearts in the wD7ind
Where the Gclouds are likeC/D headlines
on a Gnew front pageEm7 sky
My Gtears are saltA7 water
and the Am9/Gmoons fullD7 and Ghigh
[Verse]
GAnd I know Martin C/DEden's
gonnaG be proud ofEm7 me
GMany before A7me
have been Am9/Gdrawn by the D7sea
To beG up in the crow'sC/D nest
G singing myEm7 say
GShiver me A7Timbers as
I'm Am9/GsailingD7 awaGy
[CHORUS]
Now the Em7fog's lifting
and the D#7/Bsand's shifting
GI'm drifting on A7out
AmOld captain Am9Ahab he ain't Am7/Cgot
nD7sus4othing on mD7e
So Em7swallow me, D#7/Bfollow me
GI'm traveling aA7lone
AmBlue waters my Am9daughter
I'm gonna D7sus4skip like a D7stone
[Verse]
SoG please call myC/D misses
G tell her not toEm7 cry
GCause my goodbye isA7 written
by theAm9/G moon in theD7 sky
GNobody C/Dknows me
I can't Gfathom my Em7stayin'
GShiver me A7Timbers as
I'm Am9/GsailingD7 awaGy
[CHORUS]
Now the Em7fog's lifting
and the D#7/Bsand's shifting
GI'm drifting on A7out
AmOld captain Am7Ahab ain't Am7/Cgot
nD7sus4othing on mD7e
So Em7swallow me, D#7/Bfollow me
GI'm traveling aA7lone
AmBlue waters my Am7daughterAm7/C
I'm gonna D7sus4skip like a D7stone
[Verse]
GI'm leaving my C/Dfamily
GLeaving all my Em7friends
GMy body's at A7home
but my hAm9/Gearts in the wD7ind
Where the Gclouds are likeC/D headlines
on a Gnew front pageEm7 sky
GShiver me A7Timbers as
I'm Am9/GsailingD7 awaGy