Ballad Of The Yarmouth Castle

Ballad Of The Yarmouth Castle easy guitar chords by George Hamilton Iv

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E A D G B E

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Fret 5

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  • Verse 1
    Well, 
    it's 

    four 
    'clock 

    in the 
    afternoon, 

    the anchors 
    have 
    been 
    weighed 

    From 
    Miam
    i to 
    Nas
    sau, 

    she's 
    bound 
    to cross 
    the 
    waves 

    She's 
    a -headin' 
    south 
    to 
    Biscayne 
    Bay 

    and 
    to 
    the 
    open 
    sea 

    Yarmouth 
    Castle, 

    she's 
    -dyin' 
    and 
    don't 
    know 
    it 

    Oh, 
    the many 
    years 
    she's 
    been 
    to sea, 

    she's 
    seen 
    the 
    better 
    times 

    She 
    gives 
    a groan 
    of protest 

    as 
    they 
    cast 
    away 
    her 
    lines 

    And 
    the grumble 
    of 
    her 
    engines 

    and 
    the 
    rust 
    along 
    her 
    spine 

    Tells 
    the 
    castle 
    she's 
    too 
    old 
    to 
    be sailin' 

    But 
    the 
    sands 
    run 
    out 
    within 
    her 
    heart 

    tiny 
    spark 
    glows 
    red 

    And 
    smolders 
    through 
    the 
    evening 

    There's 
    a laughter 
    overhead 

    Well, 
    the dinner's 
    served, 

    the 
    cards 
    are 
    dealt 

    And the 
    drinks 
    are passed 
    around 

    While 
    deep 
    within 
    the 
    fire 

    starts 
    -burning 

    It's 
    midnight 
    on 
    the open 
    sea, 

    the 
    moon 
    is 
    a -shining 
    bright 

    Some 
    people 
    join 
    the 
    party 

    and 
    the others 
    say 
    goodnight 

    There's 
    many 
    who 
    are 
    sleeping 
    now, 

    it's 
    been 
    such 
    a busy 
    day 

    And 
    tiny 
    whisp 
    of 
    smoke 
    is 
    -risin' 

    Oh 
    Lord, 
    she groans, 

    I'm 
    burnin', 

    let someone 
    understand 

    But 
    her 
    silent 
    plea 
    is 
    -wasted 

    and 
    -playin' 
    off 
    the band 

    Everybody's 
    dancin' 
    on 
    the deck 

    and 
    -havin' 
    such 
    time 

    and 
    voice 
    says 
    shut 
    up and 
    deal 

    I'm 
    losing 
    deep 
    within 
    the arm 
    of 
    castle 

    the 
    fire 
    begins 
    to glow 

    it 
    leaps 
    into 
    the 
    hall
    ways 

    and 
    climbs 
    and 
    twists 
    and 

    grows 
    the 
    paint 
    she 
    wore 

    to 
    keep 
    her 
    young 
    oh 
    lord 

    will 
    it burns 
    and 
    soon 
    that 
    old 

    The 
    fire 
    is 
    -ragin' 

    Beneath 
    the bridge 
    she's 
    -climbin' 

    Now 
    the 
    captain 
    stands 
    aloft 

    He 
    call
    s up 
    to 
    the bosun 

    Says, 
    bosun, 
    we're 
    lost 

    Them 
    ragged 
    hoses 
    and 
    their 
    racks 

    No pres
    sure 
    do 
    they 
    hold 

    And 
    the 
    people 
    down 
    be
    low 
    are 
    dyin' 

    Well, 
    amid 
    ships, 
    oh, she's 
    -blazin' 

    Now 
    it's 
    spreadin' 
    for 
    an 
    aft 

    And 
    the 
    people 
    are 
    -scramblin' 

    As 
    the 
    fire 
    blocks 
    their 
    path 

    And 
    evil 
    smoke 
    sur
    rounds 
    them 

    And 
    they're 
    fallin' 
    in their 
    tracks 

    And 
    the 
    captain 
    in 
    his life

    boat 
    is 
    -leavin' 

    Oh, 
    then 
    the ship 
    Ba
    hama 
    Star 

    comes 
    steamin' 
    through 
    the night 

    She 
    sees 
    the 
    castle 
    -blazin' 

    and 
    it 
    is 
    a terrible 
    sight 

    Jump 
    down, 
    jump 
    down, 

    captain 
    cries, 

    we'll 
    save 
    you 
    if 
    we 
    can 

    And 
    the 
    paint 
    on 
    his 
    funnels 
    is 
    -fryin' 

    God 
    help 
    the ones 
    who 
    sleep 
    below 

    and can
    not 
    find 
    their way 

    Thank 
    God 
    for 
    those 
    we res

    cue 
    upon 
    this 
    cerebral 
    day 

    Oh, 
    the heroes 
    they 
    are 
    many 

    and 
    at 
    times 
    -growin' 
    slim 

    For 
    now, 
    from stern 
    to 
    bow, 

    she's 
    -blazin' 

    Oh, 
    the Yarmouth 
    Castle's 
    moanin' 

    She's 
    -cryin' 
    like 
    child 

    You 
    can 
    hear 
    her 
    if 
    you 
    listen 

    Above 
    the 
    roar 
    so 
    wild 

    Is 
    she 
    cryin' 
    for 
    the 
    ones 
    who 
    lie 

    With
    in her 
    molten 
    size 

    Or 
    is she 
    cryin' 
    for 
    herself 

    I'm 
    -wond 
    'rin' 

    And 
    soon 
    they 
    all 
    were 
    rescued 

    The 
    ones 
    who 
    lived 
    to tell 

    And 
    from 
    the star 
    they watched 
    her 

    As 
    she died 
    there 
    in 
    the 
    swells 

    Like 
    a toy 
    ship 
    on 
    a mill 
    pond 

    She burned 
    all 
    through 
    the night 

    And 
    slip 
    neath 
    the 
    waves 
    in 
    the 
    mornin' 

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