C5 C5 A5 F5 Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do E5 E5 D5 G5 But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo C5 C5 A5 F5 And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail E5 G5 C5 C5 And whirl off one more youngster in the gale C5 C5 A5 F5 The kid was so damned eager, it was all so big and new E5 E5 D5 G5 You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do C5 C5 A5 F5 And evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing E5 G5 C5 C5 And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring CHORUS ONE (after verses 1, 3,): G5 G5 F5 E5 But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted A5 E5 D5 G5 They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted C5 C5 A5 F5 But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall E5 G5 C5 C5 And her lover's gone in-to a white squall C5 C5 A5 F5 Now it's a thing that us old-timers know, in a sultry summer calm E5 E5 D5 G5 There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb C5 C5 A5 F5 And a sixteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam E5 G5 C5 C5 While the gale takes all before it with a scream C5 C5 A5 F5 The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky E5 E5 D5 G5 From where I stood, I swear I could, see tears fall from his eye C5 C5 A5 F5 So I hadn't the heart to tell him , that he should be on a line E5 G5 C5 C5 Even on a night so warm and fine WHITE SQUALL PAGE TWO C5 C5 A5 F5 When it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him: Get down E5 E5 D5 G5 But for all that he could hear, I might as well not made a sound C5 C5 A5 F5 So I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face grow pale E5 G5 C5 C5 As he crawled hand-over-hand along the rail C5 C5 A5 F5 Now I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow E5 E5 D5 F5 And I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow C5 C5 A5 F5 Then like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright a-gain E5 G5 C5 C5 While overside I heard him call my name C5 C5 A5 F5 So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do E5 E5 D5 G5 But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo C5 C5 A5 F5 And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail E5 G5 C5 C5 And whirl off one more youngster in the gale CHORUS TWO: G5 G5 F5 E5 And I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted A5 E5 D5 G5 They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted C5 C5 A5 F5 But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall E5 G5 C5 C5 And her lover's gone into a white squall
