• Song:

    Anchor Me

  • Artist:

    The Mutton Birds

  • Album:

    Angle of Entry

ANCHOR ME - The Mutton Birds

A New Zealand classic! Here are the full chords and some lead parts.

The unusual chord is the D(b5) which is played
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Intro A chord with this lead (play twice)
e|------------------------|
B|-----------8------------|
G|--7--9--7-----7--9------|
D|------------------------|

Verse 1
A            G#m    D             C#m
Full fathom five, someday I'll lie
A                  G#m    D                C#m
Singing songs that come, from dead men's tongues
       D         D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
A            G#m    D             C#m
As the compass turns and the glass it falls
A                  G#m    D                C#m
And the storm clouds roll, and the gulls they call
       D         D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me

Chorus
          A          E
Anchor me, anchor me
        A                        D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
       A          E
Anchor me, anchor me
       A                       D                        D(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me, anchor me

Repeat intro riff twice

Verse 2
A                  G#m    D           C#m
Let the salt spray lash the shivering skin
A                     G#m    D                C#m
Where the green waves crash and the whirlpools spin
       D         D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
 
Chorus
          A          E
Anchor me, anchor me
        A                        D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
      A       E
Anchor me, anchor me
       A                        D                            D(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me

Bridge
C                  Bm     Bb                   A
Where the Banshees cry    and the bells they sound
F#m              A    C#m                Bm
When you lift me high, when you pull me down
                 D                       A
When you pull me down, when you pull me down 

Lead part in bridge (piano arranged for guitar)
C               Bm  Bb                 A
e|-------------|   |----------------| |-------------| 
B|-------------|   |----------------| |-------------|
G|-7-9-7-9-7-9-|x2 |-7-10-7-10-7-10-| |-7-9-7-9-7-9-|
D|-------------|   |----------------| |-------------|

F#m             A   C#m      Bm                 D
e|-------------|   |--------------------------------| 
B|-------------|   |----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-|
G|-6-9-6-9-6-9-|x2 |-6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9----|
D|-------------|   |--------------------------------| 

D                    A
e|---------------------| 
B|----7-9-10----7-9-10-|   
G|-7-9-------7-9-------|
D|---------------------|   

        E
Anchor me
        A                       D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
       A           E
Anchor me, anchor me
        A             D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
        D(b5)                        A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
        E       A       D
Anchor______________ me
A        E
  Anchor me
       A              D
In the mid-dle of your deep blue sea
     A           E
Your deep blue sea
       A              D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
     A           E
Your deep blue sea__
A          D
Anchor me, anchor me
         D         D(B5)       A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
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