[Verse 1]
Em D
A hundred days at sea, A wretch away from misery
C D Em
Rummies and rats and tarry jacks my only family
Em D
The island of salvation Is still a scream away
D Em A Em
As the lungs of the night Blow out the light my heart kneels Down to pray
[Chorus]
Em D
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Em Bm Em
Now I'??m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Em D
I'??m killing and I'??m drinking My blue heart to black
G C Em
But I swear oh lord I'??ll never sin again If you bring her back
[Verse 2]
Em D
The Gypsy was a siren, Dripping with desire
C D Em
Her moonlit hair and skin so fair as warm as frozen fire
Em D
She had the loyalty of a cat, behind those pale green eyes
Em A D Em
Through her cherry lips, the devil slipped a thousand lies
Em D
A clan of rogues and vagabonds, occupied her head
Em C D Em
That thieving band took her pale white hand and stole her from my bed
Em D
And like a ghost ship in the night, She drifted out once more
A Bm Em
To land upon the sand of another lover'??s shore
[Chorus]
Em D
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Em Bm Em
Now I'??m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Em D
I'??m killing and I'm drinking My blue heart to black
G C Em
But I swear oh lord I'??ll never sin again If you bring her back
[Verse 3]
Em D
In my sleeping mind she sings a sad and lonely lullaby
C D Em
When I wake there's just the ache it will haunt me till I die
Em D
When those winds of vanity no longer blow her west
Em A D Em
I pray they'??ll guide her home [across the foam] and put my heart to rest
Em D
Press gang filled this Man-o-War To make the black mouthed cannon roar
Em C D Em
Now all my trade is ball and blade, and blood forever more
Em D
And the sting of salt and spray, the ocean's howl and squall
A Bm Em
A stumbling wreck, I roam the deck, at the devil'??s beck and call
Bm Em
At the devil'??s beck and call
[Chorus]
Em D
Lord why did you take her She meant so much to me
Em Bm Em
Now I'??m a wretched soul on a privateer Drowning out at sea
Em D
I'??m killing and Iâ??m drinking My blue heart to black
G C Em
But I swear oh lord I'??ll never sin again If you bring her back