Around The Wild Cape Horn chords

[INTRO]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [A]

[VERSE]
I was born a land-bound [D]farm boy[A] and [F#m]in New [E]England [D]raised
The rippling of the [A]wheat fields, well they [F#m]were my ocean [E]waves
Each [A]rise and fall, each [D]cry and [A]call, of the [F#m]crows a[E]cross the [D]corn
Were seagulls [A]swooping a[E]round the [A]bow
Of the [D]ship I dreamed I’d [F#m]sail a[E]round Cape [A]Horn

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [A]

[VERSE]
My deck was the dusty [D]farm[A]yard, my [F#m]mast was the [E]telegraph [D]pole
The windblown whine in the [A]telegraph wire, was the [F#m]sound called in my [E]soul
And it [A]seemed to have been [D]sing[A]ing since the [F#m]day that [E]I was [D]born
You're gonna take a [A]trip on a [E]sailing [A]ship
[D]All the way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [A]

[VERSE]
Well, I found that ship in [D]Ham[A]burg and her [F#m]name it [E]was Pek[D]ing
Our skipper’s name was [A]Jervis, well I [F#m]never met a man like [E]him
[A]He pulled two men out [D]from the [A]sea, by the [F#m]hair, in a [E]raging [D]storm
And he kept that [A]grip on the [E]sailing [A]ship
[D]All the way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[VERSE]
Well, the cargo weighed five [D]thousand [A]tons, the [F#m]ship three [E]thousand [D]more
An acre of sail was [A]up aloft, some [F#m]seventeen storeys [E]tall
And we [A]had a pig and a [D]scruffy [A]dog and a [F#m]turkey [E]fed on [D]corn
Willing [A]hands to [E]drive her [A]on
[D]All the way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[VERSE]
Well, its [E]four hours on and its four hours off
And you [Bm]sleep in your wet [D]clothes
The only dry thing [A]on the ship is the [D]cargo [F#m]down be[E]low
E[A]leven thousand [D]miles we [A]sailed, nigh [F#m]on one [E]hundred [D]dawns
Thirty two [A]sails on a [E]heaving [A]ship
[D]Hauling us a[F#m]round the w[E]ild Cape H[A]orn

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [A] x2

[VERSE]
Seventeen days we [D]were be[A]calmed, then [F#m]Friday [E]the thir[D]teenth
Sixty-eight great [A]ships were lost in the [F#m]storm of the [E]century
We [A]blew into the At[D]lan[A]tic on a [F#m]sunlit [E]sparkling [D]morn
The turkey got [A]sick, so we [E]ate him [A]quick
[D]On the way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[VERSE]
We lost two boys a[D]long the [A]voyage, they [F#m]got washed [E]over[D]board
Silence from us [A]down below, no [F#m]one could put in [E]words
Two [A]empty bunks to [D]mark the [A]space, [F#m]their two [E]lives to [D]mourn
Torn be[A]tween all [E]life and [A]death
[D]All the way a[F#m]round the w[E]ild Cape H[A]orn

[VERSE]
Well, she [E]had us sort of hypnotised
No [Bm]time to catch our [D]breath
If you want to [A]love your life, you [D]have to [F#m]flirt with [E]death
[A]Sail close to the [D]harnessed [A]wind and [F#m]treat all [E]risks with [D]scorn
A farm boy[A] and an [E]unyoked [A]team
[D]Ploughed their way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m] [E] [A] x2

[VERSE]
Mountain waves like [D]ava[A]lanches, [F#m]crashed u[E]pon the [D]decks
The screaming winds ripped [A]ropes and spars and [F#m]tried to have us [E]wrecked
But she [A]rose and fell through [D]foam and [A]swell, her [F#m]sails all [E]ripped and [D]torn
Eight thousand [A]tons, [E]tossed like a [A]cork
We made it '[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn

[VERSE]
Well, she [E]had us sort of hypnotised
No [Bm]time to catch our [D]breath
If you want to [A]love your life, well you [D]have to [F#m]flirt with [E]death
[A]Sail close to the [D]harnessed [A]wind and [F#m]treat all [E]risks with [D]scorn
A farm boy[A] and an [E]unyoked [A]team
[D]Ploughed their way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn
A farm boy[A] and an [E]unyoked [A]team
[D]Ploughed their way a[F#m]round the [E]wild Cape [A]Horn