WHITE SQUALL - Stan Rogers C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FNow (133211@1)it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GBut (320003@1)watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)whirl off one more youngster in the gale C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FThe (133211@1)kid was so damned eager, it was all so big and new E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYou (320003@1)never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring CHORUS ONE (after verses 1, 3,): G (320003@1) G/B (143121@7) F (133211@1) EBut (022100@1)I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GThey'll (320003@1)go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FBut (133211@1)to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall E (022100@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)her lover's gone in-to a white squall C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FNow (133211@1)it's a thing that us old-timers know, in a sultry summer calm E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GThere (320003@1)comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)a sixteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CWhile (x32010@1)the gale takes all before it with a scream C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FThe (133211@1)kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GFrom (320003@1)where I stood, I swear I could, see tears fall from his eye C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FSo (133211@1)I hadn't the heart to tell him, that he should be on a line Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CEven (x32010@1)on a night so warm and fine WHITE SQUALL PAGE TWO C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FWhen (133211@1)it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him: Get down E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GBut (320003@1)for all that he could hear, I might as well not made a sound C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FSo (133211@1)I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face grow pale Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAs (x32010@1)he crawled hand-over-hand along the rail C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FNow (133211@1)I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) FAnd (133211@1)I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FThen (133211@1)like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright a-gain Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CWhile (x32010@1)overside I heard him call my name C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FSo (133211@1)it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GBut (320003@1)watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)whirl off one more youngster in the gale CHORUS TWO: G (320003@1) G/B (143121@7) F (133211@1) EAnd (022100@1)I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GThey'll (320003@1)go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) FBut (133211@1)to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall E (022100@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)her lover's gone into a white squall
