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old admirals chords by 
Al Stewart
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Verse 1
D
G
I can well recall the first
D
C
Am
time I ever put to sea
G
D
It was on the old
C
A
'Calcutta' in 1853
G
D
I was just a lad of fourteen years,
C
A
a midshipman to be
D
Am
To make my way in sailing ships of the
G
Royal Navy
D
Bm
A
Verse 2
G
D
G
D
By the time that I was twenty- one I'd
C
Am
sailed the world around
G
D
Weathered storms in the China seas
C
A
with the hatches battened down
G
D
And made my way by starlight
C
off the coast of Newfoundland
A
D
Am
And dined on beer and herrings while the
G
waves blew all around
D
F#m
Bm
A
G
D
Verse 3
Bm
I live in retirement now
Em
E
And through my window comes
Em
the sound of seagulls
G
Em
Bm
And sets my mind remembering
The evening stars like memories sail
E
far beyond the distant trees
Em
Way out across the open seas
A
I hear them sing
Verse 4
G
D
Oh the wooden ships they turned
Am
to iron and the iron ships to steel
G
D
And shed their sails like au tumn leaves
C
Am
A
with the turning of the wheel
G
D
And I was given captain's rank
C
Am
A
and soon took under me
D
Am
The proudest ship that ever
G
sailed for queen and country
D
Bm
A
Interlude 1
G
D
A
Bm
A
G
F#m
D
A
Bm
D
Bm
G
A
D
A
Bm
A
G
D
Verse 5
G
D
C
Am
Ah, the old queen she passed away with the new born cen tury
G
And I received my call
D
C
ing up to the admiralty
A
G
D
The sands ran through the hourglass
C
A
each day more rapidly
D
Am
As we watched the growing of the fleets
G
of high Germany
D
Bm
A
G
D
Verse 6
Bm
So at last the Great War blazed
E
Em
Bm
I waited with the passing days
Em
The call to arms that never came
Bm
Em
Bm
Writing letters
Verse 7
I may be old now in your eyes
E
But all my years have made me wise
Em
You don't see where the danger lies
A
Oh call me back, call me back
Verse 8
G
D
But the war it ran its course,
C
Am
they could find no use for me
G
D
And I live in the country now,
C
A
grandchildren on my knee
G
D
And sometimes think in all this
C
A
world the saddest thing to be
D
Am
G
Old admirals who feel the wind, and never put to sea
Interlude 2
D
Bm
A
G
D
A
Bm
A
G
F#m
D
A
Bm
D
A
Bm
Em
A
D
Bm
A
G
D
A
Bm
A
G
D
A
Bm
D
A
Bm
G
Em
A
D
Bm
A
G
D
Verse 9
G
D
Now just like you I've sailed my dreams
C
Am
like ships across the sea
G
D
And some of them they've come on rocks,
C
and some faced mutiny
A
G
D
And when they're sunken one by
C
A
one I'll join that company
D
Am
Old admirals who feel the wind,
G
D
and never put to sea
Bm
A
G
F#m
Em
A
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