Key: G major
Intro 1
G
C
G
Csus2
G
Gm
G
D
G
Verse 1
pier by the quayside
C
G
there stands the stock agent
As he waits for the clipper
Gm
G
D
G
in the mid -morning sun
Csus2
D
By his side stands a gang marshal,
C
G
a whip on his shoulder
G
D
G
D
G
C
G
C
G
Bb
on his hip lies a gun
Gm
G
C
G
C
Csus2
G
Bb
Gm
C
G
Is this that we're reaping?
Like scavenger birds
G
C
For five pounds of hay
And turned on the tide
G
C
Do you remember the cries that came
rolled on the waves?
G
C
I was young when I left,
Since I sailed to the islands
D
G
for the blackbird for slaves
To harvest the cane
G
C
Would you curse the foul soul
With its cargo of black pearls
D
G
C
chained up in the hold
G
C
G
Bb
Gm
G
D
G
Could you buy a man's soul
C
G
for a dipper of water?
Can you taste a man's soul
G
C
Do you remember the cries of the slave
say that we could?
G
Gm
G
tell yourself the Lord
G
C
But their Kanaka souls
Let them sail through your dreams
D
G
C
to let genes turn to rust
G
C
G
Gm
G
To harvest the cane
D
G
with its nectar like gold
D
G
C
Would you curse the foul soul
With its cargo of black pearls,
D
G
D
G
chained up in a hole
G
C
G
C
G
Bb
C
G
C
G
C
Oh, oh, oh
G
Oh, I
Bb
C
G
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