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Isaac Lewis

Key: G

Introduction: G    

                                                                                  C                            G  
My name is Isaac Lewis, I'm an able-bodied man
                                                                                                             Am                                      D  
On the ship the Royal Charter, bound off for Van Diemen's Land
                                                                     G                                                                                 C  
Oh, the sea that took six months to cross, we could do in two
                     Bm                                                                      Am                            D  
So it's up that Mersey River, out of Liverpool we flew
verse 2
          G                                                                         C  
And some of us were sailors, all hardy, young and old
          Bm                                                              C                                            D  
And some of us were pioneers, bound off for the gold
                                                                        G                                                                                         C  
There were merchants and musicians, Christian soldiers of the cross
        Bm                                                                                         Am                                              D  
We stared into that foamy sea, saw our dreams there in the broth
             G                    C              D              G  
Sail on, sail on and on and on
        C                                 Bm            Am                                      G  
My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song
verse 3
                                                                                                                C                                         G  
So we landed there in Botany Bay, and the boys went on the town
                                                                                                Am                                      D  
And I met a girl named Emma Gray, I loved her up and down
                                                             G                                                                              C  
And I swore that I'd return for her, one more tour at sea
                Bm                                                    Am                                      D  
But I had to tell my father what he meant to me
verse 4
                                                  G                                                                                                                         C  
For every night, I dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails
             Bm                                                                    C                                         D  
That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales
                                                                  G                                                                                    C  
And I reached out for my father, I said, "I love you very much,"
                     Bm                                                                                                                 Am                                 D  
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch
             G                    C              D              G  
Sail on, sail on and on and on
        C                                 Bm            Am                                      G  
My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song
Verse 5
                                                                                                                C                                 G  
So I kissed the lips of Emma Gray and set sail for Liverpool
                                                                                                                                                Am                                      D  
And the parrots perched in the riggings, boys and the dolphins swam in schools
                                                  G                                                                                                              C  
Our trip, it was a pleasant one, till we reached the coast of Wales
          Bm                                                                    Am                                    D  
And one day out from Liverpool, god unleashed a gale
Verse 6
             G                                                                                                            C                                 G  
Good lord, I've seen some squalls, me boys and hurricanes at sea
                                                                                          Am                                    D  
And many nights I'd rediscovered, faith on bended knee
                                                     G                                                                                    C  
But I never seen it blow so hard, we anchored her at last
                     Bm                                                                                         Am                                 D  
But the waves rolled o'er the top of us, we had to cut the mast
Verse 7
                                G                                                                                                    C                                            G  
And all the mining magnates clutched their gold, believing they'd be saved
                                                                                                                             Am                                    D  
But their bloody greed destroyed them first, beneath the angry waves
                                                          G                                                            C  
All the women and the children, lost to eternity
          Bm                                                                                                      Am                                 D  
Ah, man has tamed and shaped the land, he'll never tame the sea
Verse 8
                                                          G                                                                                                                         C  
And every night I had dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails
             Bm                                                                    Am                                      D  
That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales
                                                        G                                                                                    C  
And I reached for my father, I said, "I love you very much,"
                     Bm                                                                                                                 Am                                 D  
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch
             G         C            D            G  
Sail on,    hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
C            Bm         Am         G  
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Verse 9
                                                                                                C                                              G  
We were caught upon the rocks, just ten yards from the shore
                                                                                                     Am                                 D  
And we saw men standing on the rocks, maybe three or more
                                                        G                                                                                 C  
And I swear I saw my father waving at me through the squall
                Bm                                                                                                    Am                            D  
And I screamed that I was coming home, that's all that I recall
verse 10
                     G                                                                                                    C                                      G  
For the waves they swept me overboard with the broken mast and sails
                Bm                                                                                                                 C                                            D  
And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished, on the rocks of northern Wales
                                                                  G                                                                                 C  
And in three days time I washed up on the whitened sandy shore
          Bm                          &