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"O'Captain"
(Steed, Jones, Back)
by The Polka Bastards
This transcription from a live performance, but originally
from their debut album "Fishin' License."
Transcribed by Christopher M. Knuth.
Sent in by Todd Obermiller (Obermiller.1@nd.edu)
Here it is! I have had many a request for this one, I was surprised to
see the Polka Bastards were not on Olga. I think this is pretty close I
watched them play it at a recent concert in the Twin Cities.
Chord Voicings
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9 (x4344x@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">e 5 7 7 9 8
B (x2444x@1) 5 7 7 9 8
G (320003@1) 6 7 8 9 9
D (xx0232@1) 7 5 9 7 10
A (x02220@1) - - - - -
E (022100@1) - - - - -
The intro is the underlying progession of almost the whole song.
Intro: A,B9,B,C#9,A,B9,B,C#9,C,B,A,C,B,A
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain the ship is going down
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain won't you please turn around
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) AWomen (x02220@1)and children on the life raft first
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) ANo (x02220@1)pushing no shoving, I said children first
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain won't you come aboard
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9There (x4344x@1)is nothing that you can do any more
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) ABut (x02220@1)the captain just stood and looked over stern
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) AWhith (x02220@1)a look in his eye a look of concern
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain it's your last chance
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain live again to dance
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) ABut (x02220@1)the water rose to the captains knee
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) AAs (x02220@1)the ship sunk to the bottom of the sea
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain I bid the farewell
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain what a tale they will tell
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) AWith (x02220@1)the captains last breath he tipped his hat to me
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) AThat (x02220@1)is all of the captain that I'll ever see
A (x02220@1) B9 (x2122x@1) B (x2444x@1) C#9O'Captain (x4344x@1)my captain now turned to bubbles
>From here they go (on the album) into the big jam, but
I don't have time to tab that out now. If I get any
requests, maybe I'll post it later.
-C.K.
