Chords
Curse Of The Somers

Key: A

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
                                                        G                              Em  
Come listen all you sailors bold,
                                        A  
come listen unto me.
                                                  D  
I'll sing you of a cruel deed.
     C                 A         Em  
a bloody tragedy.
A                                                 G                    Em  
Come listen landsmen one and all,
                                          A  
come listen unto me,
                                                                  D  
I'll make you bless your lucky stars
C                              Em              A  
you've never gone to sea.
A                                         G                                              Em  
It was the Somers, graceful. swift.
                                             A  
as trim a little brig.
                                                             D  
as e' er was modeled by shipwright
C                      A                      Em  
or sailor helped to rig.
A                                                                 G                         Em  
The grating's rigged, the hangman's whip
                                                A  
dangles from main yardarm.
                                                                D  
The wondering crew gaze on the sight
                C              Em      A  
with terror and alarm.
                     F                 G                              A                      F  
For the Captain called their names
                                        G                    A  
and three good men were slain
          F         G                                    A  
No trial,      no questions here,
                     F              G                                                    A  
only the horror, the grief and the fear.
Verse
                                                     G                    Em  
Alas, the meaning's soon too clear,
          A  
the noose is round the neck
                                                          D  
of three poor men, but men as brave
        C                         A            Em  
as walked the Somers deck.
A                                                      G                      Em  
On one side Small and Cromwell stand.
                                                        A  
bold men and sailors true.
                                                                     D  
They quail not though the boldest might
                C            Em                 A  
with such a death in view.
                                                                G                              Em  
Starboard young foolish Spencer stands.
                                                     A  
the tears are in his eye.
                                                          D  
What feelings of deep agony
             C                            A            Em  
must through his bosom fly.
A                                                              G                         Em  
Look, look your last, for hark, a gun
                                                          A  
sends forth its smoky breath.
                                          D  
When instantly upon the word,
                C              Em                      A  
their eyes are sealed in death.
                     F                 G                              A                      F  
For the Captain called their names
                                        G                    A  
and three good men were slain
          F         G                                    A  
No trial,      no questions here,
                     F              G                                                    A  
only the horror, the grief and the fear.
Bridge
F  GA  
Verse
                                                        G                              Em  
And sad and slow our mess mates dead,
                                                          A  
we launched into the waves,
                                                                        D  
and watched them sink 'mid ocean's moans.
C                                 A              Em  
deep in their watery graves.
A                                                              G                         Em  
Strange sounds will float upon the air
                                             A  
and in the blast will speak.
                                                             D  
and round the main yardarm three ghosts
                     C              Em                    A  
will play and dance and shriek.
                                             G                         Em  
And ill luck and misfortune dire
                                                  A  
will follow in thy wake
                                                                  D  
'til the ghastly three. where lie their bones.
          C                      A         Em  
thy last dark haven make.
A                                                 G              Em  
Sheet home on every cursed spar.
                          A  
set every rag asail.
                                                          D  
and leave here to the ocean ghouls
          C                 Em            A  
the demons of the gale.
                     F                 G                              A                      F  
For the Captain called their names
                                        G                    A  
and three good men were slain
          F         G                                    A  
No trial,      no questions here,
                     F              G                                                    A  
only the horror, the grief and the fear.
                     F              G                                                    A  
only the horror, the grief and the fear.
F  GA