Biography:
Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 September 1945) is a British songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1978 follow-up Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past; indeed, he is credited with creating his own genre, "historical folk rock". At one time in his life, Stewart took guitar lessons from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
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Other songs:
- A League Of Notions
- Almost Lucy
- Angry Bird
- Apple Cider Reconstitution
- Broadway Hotel
- Carol
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Flying Sorcery
- If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
- Im Falling
- In Brooklyn
- Katherine Of Oregon
- Last Days Of The Century
- Laughing Into 1939
- Life In Dark Water
- Lord Grenville
- Lord Salisbury
- Love Chronicles
- Manuscript
- Marion The Chtelaine
- Midas Shadow
- News From Spain
- Night Of The Fourth Of May
- Nostradamus
- Old Admirals
- On The Border
- One Stage Before
- Palace Of Versailles
- Red Toupee
- Roads To Moscow
- Running Man
- Samuel Oh How Youve Changed
- Sand In Your Shoes
- Song On The Radio
- Strange Girl
- Terminal Eyes
- The Ballad Of Mary Foster
- The Carmichaels
- The Dark And The Rolling Sea
- The Loneliest Place On The Map
- Three Mules
- Time Passages
- Timeless Skies
- Trespasser
- Year Of The Cat
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Intro
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Verse 1
G D C
I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea
G D F A
Was on the old Calcutta in eighteen fifty-three
G D C A
I was just a lad of fourteen years a midshipman to be
D Am
To make my way in sailing ships
G D A Bm A G D
Of the royal navy
Verse 2
G D C
By the time that I was twenty-one I had sailed the world around
G D F A
Weathered storms in the China seas with the hatches battened down
G D C A
And made my way by starlight off the coast of Newfoundland
D Am
And dined on beer and herrings
G D A Bm A G D
While the waves blew all around
Bridge 1
Bm
I live in retirement now
E Em
And through my window comes the sound of seagulls
Bm
And sets my mind remembering
E
The evening stars like memories sail far beyond the distant trees
Em Bm
Way out across the open seas I hear them sing
Verse 3
G D C
Oh the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel
G D F A
And shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel
G D C A
And I was given captain's rank and soon took under me
D Am
The proudest ship that ever sailed
G D A Bm A G D
For queen and country
Verse 4
G D C
Ah the old queen she passed away with the new born century
G D F A
And I received my calling up to the admiralty
G D C A
The sands ran through the hourglass each day more rapidly
D Am
As we watched the growing of the fleets
G D A Bm A G D
Of High Germany
Bridge 2
Bm
So at last the Great War blazed
I waited with the passing days
E Em
The call to arms that never came writing letters
Bm E
I may be old now in your eyes but all my years have made me wise
Em A
You don't see where the danger lies so call me back
A
Call me back
Verse 5
G D C
But the war it ran it's course they could find no use for me
G D C A
And I live in the country now grandchildren on my knee
G D C A
And sometimes think in all this world the saddest thing to be
D Am
Old admirals who feel the wind
G D A Bm A G D
And never put to sea
Verse 6
G D C
Now just like you I've sailed my dreams like ships across the sea
G D C A
And some of them have come on rocks and some faced mutiny
G D C A
And when they're sunken one by one I'll join that company
D Am
Old admirals who feel the wind
G D A Bm A G Bm A A D
And never put to sea
D
Verse 1
G D C
I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea
G D F A
Was on the old Calcutta in eighteen fifty-three
G D C A
I was just a lad of fourteen years a midshipman to be
D Am
To make my way in sailing ships
G D A Bm A G D
Of the royal navy
Verse 2
G D C
By the time that I was twenty-one I had sailed the world around
G D F A
Weathered storms in the China seas with the hatches battened down
G D C A
And made my way by starlight off the coast of Newfoundland
D Am
And dined on beer and herrings
G D A Bm A G D
While the waves blew all around
Bridge 1
Bm
I live in retirement now
E Em
And through my window comes the sound of seagulls
Bm
And sets my mind remembering
E
The evening stars like memories sail far beyond the distant trees
Em Bm
Way out across the open seas I hear them sing
Verse 3
G D C
Oh the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel
G D F A
And shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel
G D C A
And I was given captain's rank and soon took under me
D Am
The proudest ship that ever sailed
G D A Bm A G D
For queen and country
Verse 4
G D C
Ah the old queen she passed away with the new born century
G D F A
And I received my calling up to the admiralty
G D C A
The sands ran through the hourglass each day more rapidly
D Am
As we watched the growing of the fleets
G D A Bm A G D
Of High Germany
Bridge 2
Bm
So at last the Great War blazed
I waited with the passing days
E Em
The call to arms that never came writing letters
Bm E
I may be old now in your eyes but all my years have made me wise
Em A
You don't see where the danger lies so call me back
A
Call me back
Verse 5
G D C
But the war it ran it's course they could find no use for me
G D C A
And I live in the country now grandchildren on my knee
G D C A
And sometimes think in all this world the saddest thing to be
D Am
Old admirals who feel the wind
G D A Bm A G D
And never put to sea
Verse 6
G D C
Now just like you I've sailed my dreams like ships across the sea
G D C A
And some of them have come on rocks and some faced mutiny
G D C A
And when they're sunken one by one I'll join that company
D Am
Old admirals who feel the wind
G D A Bm A G Bm A A D
And never put to sea
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