Sterling Hayden chords by Tom Russell
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
Sterling (D major)
Hayden on a barge in Ams (G major) terdam
One of those (D major) backwater Dutch canals (A major)
A bottle (D major) of Johnny Walker
between (G major) his legs
Drunk (A major) but articulate as (D major) hell
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Verse 2
He was (D major) saying, "Yeah,
I ratted on people
(G major) During the McCarthy hearings, huh,
(D major) you haven't the foggiest notion
Of (A major) the contempt I have for myself,
(D major) maybe that's why we drink, (G major) eh?
Some (A major) damn thing, shipwreck (D major) s the heart,
huh? Yah"
Verse 3
Sterling (D major) Hayden on a three-
masted schoon (G major) er
Kidnapped his (D major) kids and sailed
'round the globe (A major)
But a (D major) man can sail around in one big circle (G major)
And not escape (A major) his
wounded sailor's (D major) soul
Verse 4
So (D major) heave her up the main (G major) sail, boys
(D major) Heave her up and away (A major) we'll go
We're (D major) bound for the bay
where the (G major) white whale plays (E major)
In the (A major) midnight straits of Jericho (D major)
Verse 5
And if (D major) ever I return, Pretty Peggy (G major) O
All your (D major) cities I will burn,
(A major) yes, I would
With your (D major) cardboard sea
and your paper (G major) moon (E major)
O'er the (A major) penny arcade called Holly
(D major) wood
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
He ran (D major) guns through the German
lines in (G major) World War II
The Viking God (D major) stood six- feet- five (A major)
Played in (D major) 'Johnny Guitar and The
Asphalt (G major) Jungle'
'The (A major) Killing' and 'The
Long (D major) Goodbye'
Verse 7
I saw him once on the Johnny (G major)
Carson show
(D major) Late in his troubled career (A major)
He said, (D major) "Just give me a room
over lookin' the Hud (G major) son
With a mattress and a typewriter
and (A major) I'll write you
A helluva novel, (D major) my dears"
Verse 8
So here's to all the tough (G major) guy actors
And the false (D major) gods who made
'em (A major)
And wherever (D major) he sails tonight
on the (G major) Seven Seas
May the (A major) Lord sail with Sterling Hay (D major) den
Outro 1
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Sterling Hayden
Tom Russell
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