[Intro]
Em D x8
[Verse]
Em D
Oh brother, been sixty three days
Am Em
The water's been choppy, the whaler she sways
Em D
Can't keep no food down, can't find no sleep
B
Cuz the night is too dark and the water's too deep
C D
Twas summer I boarded this old wooden ship
Am Em
Sun she was shinin' on Cullero's dock slip
G D
But now it's all storms way out on the cold seas,
B
An' if I don't drown, then surely I'll freeze
[Chorus]
C G
Wind blow us over this inky black wave
B Em D
Brother protect me from a watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
[Verse]
Em D
Now the rats on the deck, nippin' my feet
Am Em
And the holes in my rags, stealin' my heat
Em D
These bowls of brown soup, with barely no meat
B
Make me dream nightly of my sunny old street
C D
But a poor fool like me's gotta earn a straight wage
Am Em
So I walked myself on to this seafarin' cage
G D
Where the captain's a bully and the crew's full of thieves
B
An' the liquor's so bad I get the dry heaves.
[Chorus]
C G
Wind blow us over this inky black wave
B Em D
Brother protect from a watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
[Bridge]
G B
Eight weeks, they said eight
Em
But it's ten weeks we still wait
G B
Not one lonely rock in sight
B
So it's another perilous night
C D
Now come young sailor, learn from my trials
Am Em
If y'dream of sailin' the Empire of the Isles
G D
It's a tale of hard times, with death ev'ry day
B
So don't believe one word that captain might say
[Chorus]
C G
Wind blow us over this inky black wave
B Em D
Brother protect me from a watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
Em D
A watery grave
[Outro]
Em D x4