Curse Of The Somers chords by Traditional

Intro A

Verse
           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
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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.

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