isaac lewis chords by
Tom Russell

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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My name is Isaac Lewis, I'm an

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able- bodied man

On the ship the Royal Charter,

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bound off for Van Diemen's Land

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Oh, the sea that took six months to cross,

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we could do in two

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So it's up that Mersey River,

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out of Liverpool we flew

Verse 2

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And some of us were sailors, all hardy,

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young and old

And some of us were pioneers,

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bound off for the gold

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There were merchants and musicians,

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Christian soldiers of the cross

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We stared into that foamy sea,

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saw our dreams there in the broth

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Sail on, sail on and

Verse 3

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on and on

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My name is Isaac Lewis,

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this shall be my song

Verse 4

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So we landed there in Botany Bay,

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and the boys went on the town

And I met a girl named Emma Gray, I

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loved her up and down

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And I swore that I'd return for her,

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one more tour at sea

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But I had to tell my father

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what he meant to me

Verse 5

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For every night, I dreamed a dream, as

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the wind swept through the sails

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That I was in my father's house,

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back in northern Wales

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And I reached out for my father,

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I said, "I love you very much,"

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But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was

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drowned before we got to touch

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Sail on, sail

Verse 6

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on and on and on

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My name is Isaac Lewis,

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this shall be my song

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So I kissed the lips

Verse 7

of Emma

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Gray and set sail for Liverpool

And the parrots perched in the riggings,

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boys and the dolphins swam in schools

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Our trip, it was a pleasant one, till

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we reached the coast of Wales

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And one day out from Liverpool,

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god unleashed a gale

Verse 8

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Good lord, I've seen some squalls,

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me boys and hurricanes at sea

And many nights I'd rediscovered,

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faith on bended knee

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But I never seen it blow so hard,

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we anchored her at last

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But the waves rolled o'er the top of us,

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we had to cut the mast

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And all the mining magnates

Verse 9

clutched their gold,

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believing they'd be saved

But their bloody greed destroyed them first,

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beneath the angry waves

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All the women and the children,

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lost to eternity

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Ah, man has tamed and shaped the

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land, he'll never tame the sea

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And every night I had dreamed a dream, as

Verse 10

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the wind swept through the sails

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That I was in my father's house,

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back in northern Wales

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And I reached for my father, I said,

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"I love you very much,"

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But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was

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drowned before we got to touch

Verse 11

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Sail on,

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hmmm, hmmm, hmmm

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hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm

Verse 12

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We were caught upon the rocks,

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just ten yards from the shore

And we saw men standing on the rocks,

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maybe three or more

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And I swear I saw my father waving

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at me through the squall

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And I screamed that I was coming home,

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that's all that I recall

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For the waves they swept me overboard with the

Verse 13

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broken mast and sails

And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished,

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on the rocks of northern Wales

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And in three days time I washed

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up on the whitened sandy shore

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One hundred yards from Moelfre and my

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father's white oak door

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Sail

Verse 14

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on, sail on and on and on

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My name is Isaac Lewis,

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this shall be my song

Verse 15

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And some will shout coincidence, or

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say this can't be true

I only say, just tell your loved ones

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what they mean to you

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For you shall sail the sea s of life,

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pursuing golden schemes

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Yet, drown so closely to your home,

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the cradle of your dreams

Verse 16

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Sail on, sail on and on and on

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My name is Isaac Lewis

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and this has been my song

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My name is Isaac Lewis and this has

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been my song

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