isaac lewis
isaac lewis

isaac lewis easy guitar chords by Tom Russell

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Fret 3

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  • G

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    3
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    My 
    name is 
    Isaac Lewis, 
    I'm an 

    able- 
    bodied man 

    On the ship 
    the Royal 
    Charter, 

    bound 
    off 
    for Van 
    Diemen's 
    Land 

    Oh, the sea 
    that took 
    six months 
    to 
    cross, 

    we 
    could do 
    in 
    two 

    So it's 
    up that Mersey 
    River, 

    out of 
    Liverpool 
    we 
    flew 

    Verse 2
    And 
    some of us 
    were sailors, 
    all hardy, 

    young and 
    old 

    And some 
    of us were 
    pioneers, 

    bound off 
    for 
    the 
    gold 

    There were merchants 
    and musi
    cians, 

    Christian 
    soldiers 
    of the cross 

    We 
    stared into 
    that foamy 
    sea, 

    saw 
    our dreams 
    there in 
    the 
    broth 

    Sail on, 
    sail on 
    and 
    Verse 3
    on 
    and 
    on 

    My 
    name 
    is Isaac 
    Lewis, 

    this shall 
    be 
    my song 

    Verse 4
    So we landed 
    there 
    in Botany 
    Bay, 

    and the boys 
    went on 
    the town 

    And I met 
    a girl 
    named Emma 
    Gray, I 

    loved 
    her up and 
    down 

    And I 
    swore that 
    I'd re
    turn for 
    her, 

    one more 
    tour 
    at 
    sea 

    But 
    had to 
    tell my 
    father 

    what he 
    meant to 
    me 

    Verse 5
    For 
    every 
    night, I 
    dreamed 
    a dream, as 

    the wind swept 
    through 
    the 
    sails 

    That 
    I was 
    in my 
    father's 
    house, 

    back in 
    northern 
    Wales 

    And 
    I reached 
    out for my 
    father, 

    I said, 
    "I love 
    you very 
    much," 

    But 
    the 
    ship rolled 
    o'er 
    and the 
    dream was 

    drowned 
    be
    fore we 
    got to 
    touch 

    Sail 
    on, 
    sail 
    Verse 6
    on 
    and 
    on 
    and 
    on 

    My 
    name 
    is Isaac 
    Lewis, 

    this shall 
    be my 
    song 

    So 
    I kissed the 
    lips 
    Verse 7
    of Emma 

    Gray and set 
    sail 
    for Liver
    pool 

    And 
    the parrots 
    perched 
    in the riggings, 

    boys 
    and the 
    dolphins 
    swam 
    in 
    schools 

    Our 
    trip, it 
    was 
    pleasant 
    one, till 

    we reached 
    the coast 
    of 
    Wales 

    And 
    one day 
    out from 
    Liverpool, 

    god 
    unleashed 
    gale 

    Verse 8
    Good 
    lord, 
    I've seen some 
    squalls, 

    me boys 
    and 
    hurricanes 
    at 
    sea 

    And 
    many 
    nights I'd 
    rediscovered, 

    faith 
    on bended 
    knee 

    But 
    I never 
    seen it 
    blow so 
    hard, 

    we anchored 
    her 
    at 
    last 

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

    we had to 
    cut the 
    mas

    And all 
    the 
    mining 
    magnates 
    Verse 9
    clutched their 
    gold, 

    be
    lieving 
    they'd be 
    saved 

    But 
    their bloody 
    greed destroyed 
    them 
    first, 

    be
    neath the 
    angry 
    waves 

    All 
    the women 
    and the 
    chil
    dren, 

    lost 
    to etern
    ity 

    Ah, 
    man 
    has tamed 
    and shaped the 

    land, he'll 
    never 
    tame the sea 

    And 
    every 
    night I had 
    dreamed 
    a dream, as 
    Verse 10

    the wind swept 
    through 
    the 
    sails 

    That 
    I was 
    in my 
    father's 
    house, 

    back 
    in northern 
    Wales 

    And 
    I reached 
    for my 
    father, 
    I said, 

    "I love 
    you 
    very much," 

    But the 
    ship rolled 
    o'er and 
    the dream was 

    drowned 
    be
    fore we 
    got to 
    touch 

    Verse 11
    Sail 
    on, 

    hmmm, hmmm, hmmm 

    hmmm, 
    hmmm, hmmm, hmmm 

    Verse 12
    We 
    were caught 
    upon the rocks, 

    just 
    ten yards 
    from 
    the 
    shore 

    And 
    we saw men 
    standing 
    on the 
    rocks, 

    maybe 
    three 
    or 
    more 

    And 
    I swear I 
    saw my 
    father 
    waving 

    at me 
    through 
    the 
    squall 

    And 
    screamed 
    that I was 
    coming home, 

    that's 
    all 
    that I re
    call 

    For 
    the 
    waves 
    they swept me 
    overboard 
    with 
    the 
    Verse 13

    broken 
    mast and 
    sails 

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

    on the 
    rocks 
    of northern 
    Wales 

    And in 
    three days 
    time 
    washed 

    up on 
    the whitened 
    sandy 
    shore 

    One 
    hundred 
    yards from 
    Moelfre and my 

    father's 
    white oak 
    door 

    Sail 
    Verse 14
    on, 
    sail 
    on 
    and on 
    and 
    on 

    My 
    name 
    is Isaac 
    Lewis, 

    this shall 
    be my 
    song 

    Verse 15
    And 
    some will 
    shout coincidence, 
    or 

    say this 
    can't be 
    true 

    only 
    say, just 
    tell your 
    loved ones 

    what they 
    mean 
    to 
    you 

    For 
    you shall 
    sail the 
    sea
    of life, 

    pursuing 
    golden 
    schemes 

    Yet, 
    drown so 
    closely 
    to your 
    home, 

    the 
    cradle 
    of your 
    dreams 

    Verse 16
    Sail 
    on, 
    sail 
    on 
    and 
    on 
    and 
    on 

    My 
    name 
    is Isaac 
    Lewis 

    and 
    this has 
    been my 
    song 

    My 
    name 
    is Isaac 
    Lewis 
    and 
    this has 

    been 
    my 
    song 


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