Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
Dm
F
Dm
G
C
F
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
F
Dm
G
C
F
Dm
Verse 1
G
C
F
I was born on the river
Bb
F
that flows to the sea
Am
Dm
G
And all that I know she taught it to me
C
F
She's a dangerous beauty,
Bb
F
she's fickle and cold
G
C
F
she might let you grow
C
Dm
We can smell her and taste her
G
C
and hear the waves roll
Bb
F
and a taker of lives
Am
Gm
She's the tears of the mothers
C
F
and daughters and wives
make sure your flame's burning bright
F
Am
Dm
And keep us well off
G
C
of those rocks an d these bars
through the dark of the night
F
Am
Oh, Lightkeeper,
Dm
G
C
shine like the moon and the stars
Bb
C
F
Shine like the moon and the stars
Dm
G
C
F
Dm
G
C
Bb
F
we'll go out today
Am
Dm
And shoulder to shoulder,
G
C
we'll pull a day's pay
F
Am
G
And haul the fish up
C
F
from wherever they hide
F
C
for better or worse
G
C
if it's blessing or curse
F
Am
Gm
She may kill us tomorrow,
C
F
but tonight let us live
make sure your flame's burning bright
F
Am
Dm
And keep us well off
G
C
of those rocks and these bars
Gm
Bb
through the dark of the night
F
Am
Oh, light keepers
Dm
G
C
shine like the moon and the stars
Bb
C
F
Dm
G
C
F
Dm
G
C
Shine like the moon and the stars
F
Bb
F
Am
Dm
G
C
F
Bb
F
Am
Gm
C
F
Dm
G
C
F
Dm
G
C
F
Bb
So let's lift a glass at the en d of the day
F
Am
C
And drink to the whales
Bb
Dm
G
an d the gales and the spray
C
F
To the boat and her captain
F
Gm
Bb
To the lobster and the cod fish,
C
F
let's drink to them too.
C
Dm
take an oath make a promise
G
C
and then hear me spare.
Bb
F
and the look in my eye,
Am
Gm
C
F
I'm a sailor and a sailor I'll be till I die.
F
Am
Dm
and keep us well off
G
C
of those rocks and these bars,
Gm
F
through the dark of the night,
Dm
G
C
shine like the moon and the stars,
Bb
C
F
Dm
shine like the moon and the stars,
G
C
Bb
shine like
C
F
Dm
G
C
Shine the moon and the stars
Bb
C
F
Shine like the moon and the stars
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