Captain bateman chords by Sting
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Verse 1
(Asus4) (A minor) (Asus4) Lord
(A minor) Bateman was a noble lord
(D minor) A (A minor) noble lord of high de (G major) gree
Imprisoned (F major) in some (G major) foreign country (A minor)
(D minor) To spend (A minor) his (F major) life in cap (E minor) tivity
(D major)
Verse 2
He is a (F major) captain in the
(G major) King's own Navy (A minor)
He spent his (F major) life upon the cold grey (G major) sea
What would he give (F major) now for
a plate (G major) of meat and gravy (A minor)
Or for an (F major) angel to appear
and set him (A minor) free
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Verse 3
For seven years, (F major)
he lives on (G major) bread and dirty water (A minor)
A single (F major) candle in his prison room for (G major) light
Into the cell (F major) will walk the (G major) pretty
jailer's daugh (A minor) ter
The cloak she's (F major) wearing
is as black as any (C major) (D major) night
She (G major) is a
Verse 4
(C major) creature of (F major) captivating (G major) beauty
As this bold (C major) captain's hungry
(F major) eyes would ever (G major) see
She looks upon (F major) him with the
(G major) eye of love's de (A minor) sire
And so he beg (F major) s her, "lady,
will ye set (C major) me (D major) free?"
"What (D minor) can you
Verse 5
(F major) offer if you
(G major) gain your freedom? (A minor)
I'll lose my (F major) heart if I should ever set you free (G major)
I have the (F major) keys if you'll deliv
(G major) er me (C major) a prom (A minor) ise
Should I release (F major) you,
then you'll vow (C major) to marry (D major) me"
"You (C major) are a
Verse 6
creature of
(F major) captivating (G major) beauty
We could run (C major) and make
a life (F major) beyond the (G major) sea"
He takes her (F major) hand in his and (C major) makes
a sol (G major) emn prom (A minor) ise
"Unchain me (F major) now and I will
vow (C major) to marry (D major) thee"
Beneath (D minor) the city
Verse 7
(F major) walls and (G major) down
into the har (Asus4) bour
She'll throw (A minor) his (F major) chains into
the wine- dark (G major) sea
They'll find a ship, (F major)
but now his hand (G major) is forced to stay (Asus4) her
(A minor) "In truth, (F major) I never could
have married thee" (C major)
(D major)
Verse 8
She was a creature (C major)
of captivating (F major) (G major) beauty
He still has (C major) many miles
of ocean (F major) to tra (G major) verse
His broken (F major) promises will
move (G major) the gods to (A minor) an ger
All broken (F major) promises will
render (C major) matter (G major) s worse
Verse 9
She sees the (F major) black storm clouds (G major)
on the ho (A minor) rizon
His solemn prom (F major) ises lie (C major) broken (D major) (C major)
And (G major) whispered on the wind,
as if it's spoken (F major) (C major) (D major)
He'll hear a maiden's (A minor) curse (G major)
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(A minor) (G major) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor)
(G major) (Asus4) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (Asus4) (G major) (A minor)
Captain bateman
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