Capo'd at the 2nd fret G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CI (x32010@1)was born a land-bound farm boy and in New England raised, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DThe (xx0232@1)rippling of the wheat fields, well they were my ocean waves. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CEach (x32010@1)cry and call, each rise and fall, of the crows a-cross the corn G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DWere (xx0232@1)seagulls swooping a-cross the bow, of a ship I dreamed I'd sail a-round GCape (320003@1)Horn. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CMy (x32010@1)deck was the dusty farm yard, my mast was the telegraph pole G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)the windblow choir in the telephone wire was the call heard in my soul G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CAnd (x32010@1)it seemed to have been singing since the day that I was born G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) I'm gonna take a trip on a sailing ship, all the way around the wild Cape GHorn (320003@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CWell (x32010@1)I found that ship in Hamburg, her name it was Peking G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DOur (xx0232@1)skipper's name was Captain J?rs, and I'd never met a man like him. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CHe (x32010@1)pulled two men out from the sea, by the hair, in a raging storm. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he kept that grip on a sailing ship, all the way around the wild Cape GHorn. (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) Well its four hours on and its four hours off and you sleep in your wet Cclothes (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DThe (xx0232@1)only dry thing on the ship is the cargo down below G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CEleven (x32010@1)thousand miles we sailed, nigh on one hundred dawns G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GThirty (320003@1)two sails on a heaving ship, pulling us around the wild cape horn G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CWell (x32010@1)the cargo weighed five thousand tons, the ship three thousand more. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DAn (xx0232@1)acre of sail was up aloft, some seventeen storeys tall. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CAnd (x32010@1)we had a pig, and a scruffy dog and a turkey fed on corn. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)willing hands who catch the wind, hauling us around the wild Cape Horn. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CFor (x32010@1)seventeen days we were becalmed and then Friday the thirteenth G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DSixty (xx0232@1)eight great ships were lost in the storm of the century. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CBut (x32010@1)we were swept into the Atlantic, on a sun-lit sparkling morn, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DThe (xx0232@1)turkey got sick, so we ate him quick, on the way around the wild Cape GHorn. (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) CWell (x32010@1)she had us sort of hypnotised, no time to catch our breath, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DIf (xx0232@1)you want to feel real alive, well you have to flirt with death. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CSail (x32010@1)close to the harnessed wind, and treat all risks with scorn G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DA (xx0232@1)farm boy and an un-yoked team, ploughed their way around the wild Cape GHorn. (320003@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CNow (x32010@1)on that voyage we lost two boys, they got thrown overboard. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DSilence (xx0232@1)from us down below, no one could put in words. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CTwo (x32010@1)empty bunks to mark the space in our young lives to mourn, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GVoids (320003@1)between all life and death, on the way around the wild Cape Horn G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CAnd (x32010@1)mountain waves, like avalanches crashed upon the decks, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DThe (xx0232@1)screaming winds snapped ropes and spars, and tried to have us wrecked. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CBut (x32010@1)she rose and fell through foam and swell, her sails were ripped and torn G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GEight (320003@1)thousand tons tossed like a cork, on the way around the wild Cape Horn. D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) CAnd (x32010@1)she had us sort of hypnotised, no time to catch our breath, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DIf (xx0232@1)you want to feel real alive, well you have to flirt with death. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CSail (x32010@1)close to the harnessed wind, and treat all risks with scorn G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DA (xx0232@1)farm boy and an un-yoked team, ploughed their way around the wild Cape GHorn. (320003@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DWell, (xx0232@1)a farm boy and un-yoked team, ploughed their way around the wild Cape GHorn. (320003@1)
