old admirals
old admirals

old admirals easy guitar chords by Al Stewart

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  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • A

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  • C

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  • E

  • Verse 1
    I can 
    well 
    recall 
    the first 

    time 
    ever 
    put 
    to sea 

    It 
    was on 
    the old 

    'Calcutta' in 
    1853 

    I was 
    just 
    a lad 
    of four
    teen 
    years, 

    midshipman 
    to 
    be 

    To 
    make my 
    way 
    in sail
    ing 
    ships 
    of the 

    Royal 
    Navy 

    Verse 2

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

    sailed 
    the 
    world 
    around 

    Weathered 
    storms 
    in the 
    China 
    seas 

    with the 
    hatches 
    battened 
    down 

    And 
    made my 
    way 
    by 
    star
    light 

    off 
    the coast 
    of Newfoundland 

    And 
    dined 
    on 
    beer 
    and 
    herrings 
    while 
    the 

    waves 
    blew all 
    around 


    Verse 3
    I live 
    in 
    retirement 
    now 

    And 
    through my 
    window 
    comes 

    the sound 
    of seagulls 

    And 
    sets 
    my mind 
    remem
    bering 

    The 
    evening 
    stars 
    like 
    memories 
    sail 

    far 
    beyond 
    the distant 
    trees 

    Way 
    out 
    across 
    the open 
    seas 

    I hear 
    them 
    sing 

    Verse 4
    Oh the 
    wooden ships 
    they 
    turned 

    to iron 
    and the 
    iron 
    ships 
    to steel 

    And 
    shed their 
    sails 
    like 
    au
    tumn 
    leaves 

    with the 
    turning 
    of the 
    wheel 

    And 
    I was 
    given 
    cap
    tain's 
    rank 

    and soon 
    took un
    der 
    me 

    The proudest 
    ship 
    that 
    ever 

    sailed 
    for 
    queen 
    and 
    country 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 5
    Ah, the 
    old queen 
    she 
    passed 
    away 
    with 
    the 
    new born 
    cen
    tury 

    And 
    I received 
    my 
    call

    ing 
    up 
    to 
    the admiralty 

    The 
    sands 
    ran 
    through 
    the hourglass 

    each 
    day 
    more 
    rap
    idly 

    As 
    we watched 
    the 
    growing 
    of 
    the fleets 

    of 
    high 
    Ger
    many 


    Verse 6
    So at 
    last 
    the 
    Great War 
    blazed 

    I waited 
    with the 
    passing 
    days 

    The call 
    to arms 
    that 
    never 
    came 

    Writing 
    letters 

    Verse 7
    may be 
    old 
    now 
    in 
    your eyes 

    But all 
    my years 
    have made 
    me wise 

    You 
    don't 
    see 
    where 
    the danger 
    lies 

    Oh call 
    me back, 
    call 
    me back 

    Verse 8
    But the war 
    it 
    ran its 
    course, 

    they could 
    find 
    no use 
    for 
    me 

    And I 
    live 
    in the 
    coun
    try 
    now, 

    grand
    children 
    on 
    my knee 

    And 
    sometimes 
    think 
    in all 
    this 

    world 
    the 
    sad
    dest 
    thing 
    to be 

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

    Interlude 2






    Verse 9
    Now 
    just 
    like you 
    I've 
    sailed 
    my dreams 

    like 
    ships 
    across 
    the sea 

    And 
    some of 
    them 
    they've 
    come on 
    rocks, 

    and some 
    faced 
    mutiny 

    And 
    when 
    they're 
    sunken 
    one 
    by 

    one 
    I'll 
    join 
    that 
    com
    pany 

    Old 
    admirals 
    who 
    feel 
    the wind, 

    an
    never 
    put 
    to sea 


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