Capercaillie - I Will Set My Ship In Order
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C F
[Verse 1]
C
Oh, I will set my ship in order
Am G F
I will sail her on the sea
C
I'll go far over yonder border
Am G/B C
To see if my love minds on me
[Verse 2]
Am G/B C
And he sailed east and he sailed west
Am G C F
He sailed far, far seeking land
C
Until he came to his true love's window
Am G C F
And he knocked loud and would be in
[Verse 3]
C
"Oh, who is that at my bedroom window?
Am G C F
Who knocks so loud and would be in?"
C
"'Tis I, 'tis I, your ain true lover
Am G/B C
And I am drenched untae my skin
[Verse 4]
F C
"So go and go and ask your faither
Am G F
And see if he'll let you marry me
C
If he says no, come back and tell me
Am G/B C
And it's the last time I'll trouble thee"
[Verse 5]
F C
"My father's in his chamber writing
Am G F
Setting down his merchandise
C
And in his hand he holds a letter
Am G/B C
And it speaks much in your dispraise
[Verse 6]
F C
"My mother's in her chamber sleeping
Am G F
And words of love she will not hear
C
So you may go and court another
Am G/B C
And whisper softly in her ear"
[Verse 7]
F C
Then she arose, put on her clothing
Am G F
It was to let her true love in
C
But ere she had the door unlockit
Am G/B C
His ship was sailing on the main
[Verse 8]
F C
"Come back, come back, my ain dear Johnny
Am G F
Come back, come back and marry me"
C
"How can I come back and marry you, love?
Am G/B C
Our ship is sailing on the sea"
[Instrumental]
F C Am G F C Am G/B C
[Verse 9]
F C
The fish may fly, and the seas run dry
Am G F
The rocks may melt doon wi' the sun
C
And working man may forget his labour
Am G/B C
Before that my love returns again
[Verse 10]
F C
She's turned herself right roun' about
Am G F
She's flung herself intae the sea
C
Farewell for aye, my ain dear Johnny
Am G/B C
Ye'll ne'er hae tae come back to me