The Ferryman's Curse chords by Strawbs
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Intro 1
(D major) (D minor) (G major) (D major) (D minor) (G major)
(D minor) (F major) (Gsus4) (D minor) (D major) (D minor) (Gsus4)
(D minor) (F major) (Gsus4)
(D minor) (F major) (Gsus4)
Verse 1
The (D minor) boatman lived in a stone- built (Gsus4) house (G major)
(D major) Three score years (D minor) and ten on (F major) earth (G major)
His (D major) wife was younger by (D minor) sev eral (Gsus4) years
(G major) They (D major) lost their (D minor) only child
(F major) at birth (Gsus4) (G major)
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Verse 2
(D major) Father raised the house (F major)
with his bare (G major) hands
Mother (D major) toiled (D minor) the fields by (G major) day
He (D major) never spoke (D minor) of the lady (F major) of the lake (G major)
The brush (D major) with death (D minor) which
caused him sway (G major)
(D major)
Verse 3
(A minor) The (F major) boatman made an honest living
Along (Gsus4) the (G minor) river's south- side bank
(Gsus4) Fam (A minor) ily gath (Asus4) erings,
(A minor) household trips
From (B flat major) time to time the river (C major) grew
Interlude 1
dank
(D major) (D minor) (G major) (D major) (D minor) (G major)
Verse 4
(D major) One such day when the river (D minor) was foul
(G major) The boatman (D major) took his (D minor)
wife to town (G major)
(D major) Breathing heavy on the jour (D minor)
ney home (G major)
Fever (D major) struck as the sun (D minor)
went down
Verse 5
The sickness (D major) raged for sev (F major) eral days
(G major) The doctor (D major) rambled (D minor) in despair (D major)
The old priest read the sac (D minor) rament (F major) s
(G major) De (D major) cay and death (D minor) hung in (D major) the air
Verse 6
(D major) (D minor)
A coin (F major) for the mouth of his dying wife
Was (G major) duly (G minor) placed beside the bed
A knock (A minor) on the door on that
moonless night
(Asus4) The boatman (B flat major) feared the word (C major) had spread
(D major) (D minor)
Interlude 2
(F major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor)
(G major) (D minor)
Verse 7
A stranger (D minor) stood on the
front porch step (G major)
Stovepipe (D major) hat and long (D minor) black coat (G major)
"I come (D major) from the other (D minor) side"
he whispered (G major)
"I carry (D major) souls (D minor) in the ferryman's
(G major) boat"
Verse 8
The ferryman (D major) growled,
"I've (D minor) come (D major) for your wife" (G major)
The boatman (D major) said,
(D minor) "She ain't dead yet" (G major)
The ferryman (D major) raged, "I need (D minor) her now (G major)
It's (D minor) time that you repaid your (D major) debt" (D minor)
(D major)
Verse 9
(D minor) The (F major) boatman tried to
make the peace
The fer (G major) ry (G minor) man spat and
cursed and swore
(Gsus4) As (A minor) evil speaks as evil must
He (B flat major) called the boatman's wife (C major) a whore (G minor)
Interlude 3
(F major) (B flat major)
(C major) (G minor) (F major) (B flat major) (F major) (E major) (Esus4)
(E minor) (A major)
Verse 10
"You (E major) lusted for my daugh (G major) ter fair (A major)
Betrayed (E major) her in a mire (E minor) (G major) of sin
You (A major) married, (E major) knowing of (G major) her fate (A major)
Time (E major) has come (E minor) for the
reckoning" (A major)
Verse 11
The boatman (E major) said "No
debt (G major) is due" (A major)
The fer (E major) ryman's rage (E minor) could (G major) get no worse (A major)
"It was (E major) me who caused you suf (G major) fering
(A major) The (E major) still- born (E minor) child of the ferryman's (Esus4) curse" (E major) (A major)
Interlude 4
(E major) (A major) (E minor) (A major)
(Esus4) (A major) (E minor) (Asus4) (A major) (E minor) (E major) (E minor)
(A major) (E minor) (A major) (E minor)
(Esus4) (A major) (E minor) (E major)
Verse 12
(G major) "I ain't yet put the coin
in her mouth"
The boat (A major) (Asus4) man said with rising fear
"That (B minor) job is mine"
the ferryman said
And slashed (C major) the boatman
(D major) on the ear
(E major)
Verse 13
(G major) (A major)
The (E major) ferryman held a (G major) wicked knife (A major)
(E major) Razor sharp, ser (G major) rated blade (A major)
Stabbed (E major) at the boatman's arms (G major) and face (A major)
Ter (E major) ri fying (E minor) were the screams (G major)
he made (A major)
Verse 14
The boatman (E major) reached for his Bible (G major) (A major)
To shield (E major) him in the vi (G major) olent fight (Asus4)
(A major) He (E major) reached for a log from the (G major) open fire (Asus4)
(A major) And (E major) set the ferryman's
hair alight (E minor)
Verse 15
The ferryman (G major) fell to the floor in agony
Dropped (Asus4) the knife on the boatman's bed
The (B minor) boatman stabbed him
in the gut
The screams (C major) died as the floor (D major) turned red (E minor)
Interlude 5
(C major) (E major) (A major) (E major) (A major) (E major) (F major)
(E major) (F major) (E major)
(E minor) (E major)
(F major) (F major) (F major)
(E major) (F major) (D minor) (D major)
(G major) (A major) (D minor) (F major) (A minor)
(E major) (C major)
Verse 16
The boatman sat beside the bed
Holding his young wife's tiny hand
Her eyes opened wide
as the fever left
He gently stroked the wedding band
Verse 17
She sat up slow, looked all around
Bared her (D major) pointed teeth and smiled
Flung her (C major) self in the boatman's arms
"I am with (D major) child,
I am with child"
(Esus4) (D major) (E major) (Eaug)
Verse 18
(E major)
They (G major) dragged the ferryman
to his boat
Placed (Asus4) the coin in
the deadman's mouth
They si (B minor) lently rowed to the other side
The ferryman's (C major) curse was the (D major) boatman's prize
Outro 1
(E major) (G major) (A major) (E major) (G major) (A major)
(E major)
(G major) (A major) (E major) (G major) (A major) (E major)
(G major) (A major) (E major) (G major) (A major) (E major)
(B minor) (E major) (Esus4) (E major)
(E minor) (E minor)
(Asus4)
The Ferryman's Curse
Strawbs
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