• Song:

    High And Dry

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

HIGH AND DRY
by Gordon Lightfoot 
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)

CHORDS
A = At5  007655
D = Dt5  000775
E = Et7  079900

INTRO
E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)VERSE 1

        A (x02220@1)       A (x02220@1)With a lady-like devotion
     A (x02220@1)              A (x02220@1)She sails the bitter ocean
       D (xx0232@1)                 D (xx0232@1)If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
            D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)There'd be nothin' left but flotsam

CHORUS
         E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)Singin' why me oh my
            A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Is there a better man than I
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)Before you die
 
VERSE 2

     A (x02220@1)             A (x02220@1)Her sails blow like bubbles
          A (x02220@1)           A (x02220@1)While ya sip yer daily doubles
        D (xx0232@1)                   D (xx0232@1)If she wasn't so fond of the weather
           D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)She might give the deckhands trouble

CHORUS

         E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)Singin' why me oh my
            A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Is there a better man than I
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)Before you die

VERSE 3
     A (x02220@1)             A (x02220@1)One day when I grew older
       A (x02220@1)               A (x02220@1)And I found I could not hold her
     D (xx0232@1)                  D (xx0232@1)She took on a fine young skipper
          D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)Who soon run her up on a boulder

CHORUS

         E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)Singin' why me oh my
            A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Is there a better man than I
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)Before you die

VERSE 4
         A (x02220@1)              A (x02220@1)Now the pleasures of the harbor
       A (x02220@1)            A (x02220@1)Don't include a lady barber
       D (xx0232@1)                  D (xx0232@1)If it wasn't for Long John Silver
           D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)All of us pirates would've been martyrs

CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)

         E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)Singin' why me oh my
            A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Is there a better man than I
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)Before you die
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)(hold Dfor (xx0232@1)4 beats)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)I hope you find your way back home
            A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A(these (x02220@1)at 1 beat each)
 Before you die


Show more