A Sailor's Misfortune chords by Dave Loggins
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Intro 1
(G major) (F major) (G major) (F major)
Well, (G major)
Verse 1
I pardoned me for star (A minor) ing
and as (B minor) I tipped my head
(A minor) May I (G major) ask why you're strolling all alone?
The (C major) (G major) dock's no place for a (A minor) lady
at an (B minor) hour such as (A minor) this
Would you (G major) mind if I should go
and walk you home?
What age have you become?
(A minor) She answered slowly (B minor)
Kind (A minor) (G major) sir, I'll be seventeen my (C major) birth (G major) day
Oh, may I compliment your (A minor) age
to match your (B minor) beauty
(A minor) A (G major) blushing smile was
quick to turn her away
Ah, but the (A minor) crewmen they say they know
(G major) They said they (A minor) seen her on the dock before
(G major) And there's (A minor) a barnacle of truth
that her (G major) name is Ruth
And she lives (A minor) in a house of (G major) whores
So I really (A minor) shouldn't feel so bad
(E minor) When I can (A minor) let it go as a (D major) sailor's
misfor (G major) tune (A minor) (B minor)
(A minor) Well, do you (G major) live near by, my lady? (A minor)
And as (B minor) I was hoping so
(A minor) She said a (G major) short time over
there amid the trees
Oh, and my dad has been a (A minor) fish erman
most (B minor) all his life
(A minor) He (G major) works the nets to raise a (C major) family (G major)
Oh, well, will I see you on the mor (A minor) row
as we (B minor) reached her door? (A minor)
A (G major) tap upon my cheek, (C major) her answer, no (G major)
(C major) She (G major) gently closed the door
(A minor) and as she (B minor) waved her (A minor) hand
I (G major) turned to find my way (C major) back (G major) to my home
All the (A minor) crewmen they say they know,
(G major) they said they (A minor) seen her on a dock before
(G major) And there's (A minor) a barnacle of truth
that her (G major) name was Ruth
and she lives (A minor) in a house of (G major) whores
So I really (A minor) shouldn't feel so bad
(E minor) When I can (A minor) let it go as a (D major) sailor's
misfor (G major) tune (A minor) (B minor)
(A minor) A (D major) morn (G major) ing came and I
(A minor) hurried down to the (B minor) levee
(A minor) To (G major) anxiously await her to appear
And (C major) it was only (G major) after
(A minor) empty hours of (B minor) hoping
(A minor) That I (G major) realized she
never would be there
Oh well, it was a good (A minor) day just (B minor) to be alive
(A minor) Funny (G major) though, I forgot to ask her name
Well, maybe she'll return (A minor) some night,
so (B minor) I'll wait for her (A minor)
But per (G major) haps it's best she
lives within my dreams
Oh, because a (A minor) crewman they say they know
(G major) They said they (A minor) seen her on a dock before
(G major) And there's a (A minor) barnacle of truth
that her (G major) name was Ruth
And she lives (A minor) in a house of (G major) whores
So I really (A minor) don't feel so (E minor) bad
When I've (A minor) let it go as a
(D major) sailor's misfor (G major) tune (A minor) (G major)
(A minor) La (G major) la la la... (A minor) (B minor) (A minor)
(B minor) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(F major) (G major) (G major)
You
A Sailor's Misfortune
Dave Loggins
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