Curse Of The Somers

	  		
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 
F G A (x4) 

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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