The Day We Lost America's Cup
The Day We Lost America's Cup

The Day We Lost America's Cup easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    On 
    the 
    day we 

    lost the 
    American Cup 

    and 
    the glory 
    slipped away, 

    I 
    went for 
    a walk in 
    the city 

    to 
    see what 
    the 
    man in 

    the street might 
    say. 

    I found a 
    likely 
    looking 
    chap 

    who 
    agreed to 
    talk with 
    me. 

    He wore a 
    beret, 

    some 
    cold black 
    shades, 

    and a 
    Billy Go 
    Go 
    tee. 

    There's 
    news from 
    Newport, 
    sirs, 

    as 
    I give 
    it 
    to you 
    straight. 

    Aus
    tralia 
    won the 
    Amer
    ica's 
    Cup, 

    we 
    had too 
    little too 
    late. 

    The little guy 
    turned the 
    lamps on 
    me, 

    all 
    bloodshot 
    red and 
    blue. 

    You 
    say we 
    lost the 
    America's 
    Cup, 

    did we 
    lose 
    the saucer 
    too? 

    He 
    said, 
    didn't I 
    know we 
    lost the 
    cup? 

    I'll 
    tell you 
    one thing 
    more 

    I 
    didn't 
    know we 
    had the 
    cup 

    What 
    the 
    damn thing's 
    for? 

    For 
    sailin' 
    boat
    s you 
    put me 
    on 

    And them 
    Captain 
    Andy hat
    s 

    And they 
    call that 
    rub -a -dub 

    -dub a 
    race 

    Hell, I can 
    walk 
    as fast 
    as 
    that 

    You 
    say 
    Australia 
    won the 
    cup 

    You 
    tell me 
    what it 
    cost 

    The 
    one thing 
    you ain't 
    told me, 
    Jack 

    Is 
    who it 
    is that 
    lost 

    Yeah, 
    who are 
    the souls who 

    lost the 
    cup 

    and they 
    had 
    to 
    let it 
    go. 

    But the New York 
    Yacht 
    Club, 

    did you 
    say, 

    please 
    tell me 
    it ain't 
    so. 

    So the 
    New York 
    Yacht Club 

    blew the 
    tin 

    and the 
    flag at 
    half -mast 
    waves. 

    Jack, 
    please excuse 
    my 
    lack 
    of tears, 


    but some of them 
    cats own 
    slaves. 

    They got 
    houses 
    big as 
    Rhode Island. 

    They got 
    blood as 
    blue as the sky. 

    And I 
    hope they 
    want it 
    someday best 

    to 
    kiss the 
    cup goodbye. 

    We 
    had 
    the cup 
    how long 
    you say 

    132 
    years 
    and 
    now 

    Australia's 
    won the 
    cup 

    and 
    filled it 
    with foster 
    beer
    s 

    and 
    now the 
    Yacht Club 
    dark 
    and cold 

    and 
    now it's 
    draped in 
    black

    I 
    hope it 
    takes them 
    twice as 
    long 

    to 
    get the 
    damn thing 
    back 
    yeah 

    I 
    feel for 
    all them 
    Yacht Club 
    studs 

    is 
    a little guy 
    to 
    me the 
    sight of 

    That 
    empty trophy 
    case 

    must be 
    a 
    heavy sight 
    to 
    see 

    It 
    must be 
    hell to 
    lose a 
    cup 

    Verse 2
    When 
    you had it 
    for so 
    long 

    Verse 3
    He 
    took his 
    saxophone 
    out 
    of his 
    case 

    Verse 4
    And 
    he 
    played 
    a sad 
    little 
    song 

    Outro 1
    It went 




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