old admirals chords by
Al Stewart

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

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I can well recall the first

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C

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Am

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time I ever put to sea

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It was on the old

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'Calcutta' in 1853

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I was just a lad of fourteen years,

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a midshipman to be

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To make my way in sailing ships of the

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Royal Navy

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Verse 2

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By the time that I was twenty- one I'd

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Am

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sailed the world around

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Weathered storms in the China seas

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A

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with the hatches battened down

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And made my way by starlight

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off the coast of Newfoundland

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Am

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And dined on beer and herrings while the

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waves blew all around

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F#m

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A

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Verse 3

Bm

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I live in retirement now

Em

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E

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And through my window comes

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the sound of seagulls

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Em

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And sets my mind remembering

The evening stars like memories sail

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far beyond the distant trees

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Way out across the open seas

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I hear them sing

Verse 4

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Oh the wooden ships they turned

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to iron and the iron ships to steel

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And shed their sails like au tumn leaves

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Am

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with the turning of the wheel

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And I was given captain's rank

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Am

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and soon took under me

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Am

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The proudest ship that ever

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sailed for queen and country

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Interlude 1

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Bm

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F#m

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Bm

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Bm

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Verse 5

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C

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Am

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Ah, the old queen she passed away with the new born cen tury

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And I received my call

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C

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ing up to the admiralty

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The sands ran through the hourglass

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each day more rapidly

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Am

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As we watched the growing of the fleets

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of high Germany

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Verse 6

Bm

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So at last the Great War blazed

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Em

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I waited with the passing days

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The call to arms that never came

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Em

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Writing letters

Verse 7

I may be old now in your eyes

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But all my years have made me wise

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You don't see where the danger lies

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Oh call me back, call me back

Verse 8

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But the war it ran its course,

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Am

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they could find no use for me

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And I live in the country now,

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grandchildren on my knee

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And sometimes think in all this

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world the saddest thing to be

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Am

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Old admirals who feel the wind, and never put to sea

Interlude 2

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Bm

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Bm

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F#m

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Bm

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Em

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Bm

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Em

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Verse 9

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Now just like you I've sailed my dreams

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Am

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like ships across the sea

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And some of them they've come on rocks,

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and some faced mutiny

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And when they're sunken one by

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one I'll join that company

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Am

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Old admirals who feel the wind,

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and never put to sea

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G

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F#m

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Em

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ChordsD G C Am A...

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C
Am
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Bm
F#m
Em
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