Chords:
{t:Flying Dutchman, The}
{artist: The Jolly Rogers }
{Key: Dm}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zcieO7Plw
[Dm] [Dm]
The [Dm] sky was grey and cloudy and the wind was from the west
When we spied a battered frigate with her tattered sail full dressed
They [Gm] signaled they had letters home they asked if we could take
They [Dm] dropped 'em in a barrel they left bobbing in their wake
We [Dm] reefed the sails and slowed the ship to fish the barrel out
The old ship sailed to the distance and we saw her come about
The [Gm] captain watched through a spyglass and we heard him catch his breath
And we [Dm] saw the storm a-brewing had become a wall of death
[Dm] [Dm]
[A] Turn this ship around me boys, [G] turn around and run
This [A] storm it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned
What [Dm] of the ship that's [F] out there do we [G] leave her to the [A] gale?
[NC] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's wraiths that fills her sails.
[Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm]
The [Dm] thunder growled like demons and the lightening stabbed the waves
And the Dutchman she lept towards us riding fury from the graves
Our [Gm] captain he stayed at the wheel, the crew the manned the lines,
And [Dm] still that ship and storm were quickly closing in behind.
Our [Dm] ship we crest a giant wave and crash to the trough below
The crew held on to what they could, they were damned if they let go.
The [Gm] rain and sea and storm winds crashed against our ship with wrath
And [Dm] from the deck of that cursed ship, we could hear them laugh
[A] Turn this ship around me boys, [G] turn around and run
This [A] storm it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned
That [Dm] ghostly ship is [F] hunting us, it's [G] bringing on the [A] gale,
[NC] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's wraiths that fills her sails
[Dm] [Dm]
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That [Dm] was when we sighted land, it became a race wih time
We believed it Santa Marta, the Dutchman closing in behind
[Gm] "Risk it all" the captain cried "it's the only chance we've got,
Sal-[Dm]vation if we make it and our souls if we get caught."
The [Dm] storm was all around us and the Dutchman cut our winds,
The beast nearly capsized us, and we watched our strong mast bend
We were [Gm] almost to the harbour, we could see the natural break,
And [Dm] each man willed her forward, for they knew what was at stake
[A] Turn this ship around me boys, [G] turn around and run
[A] This storm it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned
That [Dm] ghostly ship is [F] hunting us, it's [G] bringing on the [A] gale,
[NC] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's wraiths that fills her sails
[Dm] [Dm]
[Dm] Once we charged into that harbour, the Dutchman heaved away
And we heard their bitter screams, for the Devil lost his prey.
Once [Gm] we made it safely to the leeward of the bay,
We [Dm] cracked that barrel open to see what those letters say.
[Dm] [Dm]
[Dm] There must've been a hundred and that's when we realized,
Those moldy parchments were addressed to those who'd long since died.
If you [Gm] see a battered frigate 'neath a grey and stormy sky,
Give [Dm] way and watch mehind you, or you'll hear your captain cry
[A] Turn this ship around me boys, [G] turn around and run
This [A] storm it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned
That [Dm] ghostly ship is [F] hunting us, it's [G] bringing on the [A] gale,
She's [Dm]* called the [NC] Flying Dutchman and it's [D]* wraiths [NC] that fills her sails
