• Song:

    Captains

  • Artist:

    Show Of Hands

  • Album:

    Show of Hands (disc 2)

This is in the key of the original track; however I prefer playing/singing it in the key of C.

Verse
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)      C#sus2 (x13311@4)         EHigh (022100@1)above the Earth, hours before we land 
E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)       C#sus2 (x13311@4)        EMorning (022100@1)slowly breaks and dawn's lifting 
E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)       C#sus2 (x13311@4)     EThe (022100@1)only one awake, so gently in my hands
E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)     C#sus2 (x13311@4)          EI (022100@1)trace a hundred lives, through darkness drifting

Chorus
Esus2 (xx2452@1)                       F#m (244222@1)      Asus2I (x02200@1)will bring you back, I will hold you
Esus2 (xx2452@1)                        F#m (244222@1)       Asus2 (x02200@1)  B (x2444x@1) F#My (244322@1)arms are strong, they will enfold you

(Continue chords from first verse and chorus)

Verse
Far out at sea, a hundred miles from shore
A storm begins to rise and the tide's turning
Driving wind and rain, to try my skills once more
Testing yet again, all my craft and learning

Chorus
All my love to calmer seas, I will steer you
And you'll be safe, when I am near you

Bridge
       G#mFor (133111@4)we search on  every side, for a compass and a guide,
B (x2444x@1)                            F#Someone (244322@1)with the atlas and the charts
           E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)          F# (244322@1)   EOh (022100@1)we say please be the captain of my heart
   F# (244322@1)E (022100@1)C#sus2 (x13311@4)E (022100@1)My heart

Verse (same chords as before)

We turn away from town, and steer towards the west
The rain beats on the roofs, as the Sun is setting

Chorus 
    Esus2 (xx2452@1)                         F#m (244222@1)Asus2You (x02200@1)close your eyes and see you're sleeping
    Esus2 (xx2452@1)                     F#m (244222@1)Asus2And (x02200@1)as you dream you're in my keeping
   Esus2 (xx2452@1)                          F#m (244222@1)Asus2At (x02200@1)last when you wake and look around you
Esus2 (xx2452@1)                            F#m (244222@1)  Asus2 (x02200@1)  B (x2444x@1) F#I (244322@1)have brought you back and I have found you 

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