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isaac lewis chords by 
Tom Russell
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Intro 1
G
D
G
D
G
Am
D
G
Verse 1
C
My name is Isaac Lewis, I'm an
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able- bodied man
On the ship the Royal Charter,
Bm
Am
D
bound off for Van Diemen's Land
Bm
G
Oh, the sea that took six months to cross,
C
we could do in two
Bm
So it's up that Mersey River,
Am
D
out of Liverpool we flew
Verse 2
G
C
And some of us were sailors, all hardy,
Am
G
young and old
And some of us were pioneers,
Am
Bm
D
bound off for the gold
G
There were merchants and musicians,
C
Christian soldiers of the cross
Bm
We stared into that foamy sea,
Am
D
saw our dreams there in the broth
G
C
Sail on, sail on and
Verse 3
D
G
on and on
C
Bm
My name is Isaac Lewis,
Am
G
this shall be my song
Verse 4
G
So we landed there in Botany Bay,
C
G
and the boys went on the town
And I met a girl named Emma Gray, I
Am
D
loved her up and down
G
And I swore that I'd return for her,
C
one more tour at sea
Bm
But I had to tell my father
Am
D
what he meant to me
Verse 5
G
For every night, I dreamed a dream, as
C
the wind swept through the sails
Bm
That I was in my father's house,
Am
D
back in northern Wales
G
And I reached out for my father,
C
I said, "I love you very much,"
Bm
G
Bm
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was
Am
D
drowned before we got to touch
G
Sail on, sail
Verse 6
C
D
G
on and on and on
C
Bm
My name is Isaac Lewis,
G
D
G
this shall be my song
Gm
So I kissed the lips
Verse 7
of Emma
G
C
G
Gray and set sail for Liverpool
And the parrots perched in the riggings,
Am
D
boys and the dolphins swam in schools
G
Our trip, it was a pleasant one, till
C
we reached the coast of Wales
Bm
And one day out from Liverpool,
Am
D
god unleashed a gale
Verse 8
G
Good lord, I've seen some squalls,
C
G
me boys and hurricanes at sea
And many nights I'd rediscovered,
Am
D
faith on bended knee
G
But I never seen it blow so hard,
C
we anchored her at last
Bm
But the waves rolled o'er the top of us,
Am
D
we had to cut the mast
G
And all the mining magnates
Verse 9
clutched their gold,
C
G
believing they'd be saved
But their bloody greed destroyed them first,
Am
D
beneath the angry waves
G
All the women and the children,
C
lost to eternity
Bm
Ah, man has tamed and shaped the
Am
D
land, he'll never tame the sea
G
And every night I had dreamed a dream, as
Verse 10
C
the wind swept through the sails
Bm
That I was in my father's house,
Am
D
back in northern Wales
G
And I reached for my father, I said,
C
"I love you very much,"
Bm
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was
Am
D
drowned before we got to touch
Verse 11
G
C
D
G
C
Sail on,
Bm
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
G
Am
G
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Verse 12
G
We were caught upon the rocks,
C
G
just ten yards from the shore
And we saw men standing on the rocks,
Am
D
maybe three or more
G
And I swear I saw my father waving
C
at me through the squall
Bm
And I screamed that I was coming home,
Am
D
that's all that I recall
G
For the waves they swept me overboard with the
Verse 13
C
G
broken mast and sails
And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished,
Am
D
on the rocks of northern Wales
G
And in three days time I washed
C
up on the whitened sandy shore
Bm
One hundred yards from Moelfre and my
Am
D
father's white oak door
G
Sail
Verse 14
C
D
G
on, sail on and on and on
C
Bm
My name is Isaac Lewis,
Am
G
this shall be my song
Verse 15
C
And some will shout coincidence, or
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say this can't be true
I only say, just tell your loved ones
Am
D
what they mean to you
G
For you shall sail the seas of life,
C
pursuing golden schemes
Bm
G
Bm
Yet, drown so closely to your home,
Am
D
the cradle of your dreams
Verse 16
G
C
D
G
Sail on, sail on and on and on
C
Bm
G
My name is Isaac Lewis
D
G
and this has been my song
C
Bm
G
D
My name is Isaac Lewis and this has
Am
D
G
C
G
been my song
C
G
C
G
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