Tonart: E major
Verse 1
D
They tried to cross the cold
F#
Atlantic
F#m
F#
G
An d we listened to
D
F#
He crashed against the rock so hard
G
A
He wondered why he hadn't died
Bm
G
He took a splinter from the shoreline
Bm
G
And used it as a crutch
Bm
G
He took what he could carry,
Bm
G
it wasn't very much
D
F#
On the way back to the city,
G
A
he debated with himself
D
F#
On the one hand I get muted,
G
A
on the other one for wealth
D
F#
Oh, I long to know the former,
G
A
I could only win the last
D
F#
When I saw my home in ruins
G
A
And I knew my time had passed
Bm
And so I know that you've
Bm
And so you'll have to pay the fee
G
Bm
Because you swore
F#
G
On the road to insolvency
F#
G
F#
G
D
The road to insolvency
G
F#
I'll surrender,
G
A
it was a week before the fall
D
F#
Over supper with her townmen sisters
G
A
in the back of a marble hall
Bm
G
The indignity of her passionless kiss
Bm
G
Her last name on the enemies list
F#
G
She was lucky to make it at all
D
F#
So she trampled on his hon or
G
A
And you're in love with the hattest hat
D
She said I'm sorry for the insult
We were too contented adults
G
There ain't nothing more
Gm
A
to this than that
Bm
G
You said, lady, you must judge me
Bm
G
Because things don't come for free
Bm
G
They always said it would get ugly
F#
G
And the way to insolvency
F#
G
F#
G
The way to insolvency
D
F#
Check it, that's the gate you
G
carry on with your life
D
So you got mad that his
F#
G
greatest devil make you a wife
Bm
Go on, declare your independence
G
Bm
You keep on stabbing innocence
G
Bm
For all your prayers are paid as
G
A
G
F#
E
D
penance every night
F#
It was right by our employers
G
Gm
A
We were measured and deceived
G
Gm
A
Could pull our treasure from the sea
D
F#
I spent a lifetime seeking danger
G
Gm
A
And a fortune spilling blood
D
And now all this pride and anger
F#
G
Gm
A
Has done me very little good
Bm
G
And so I know that you had your calling
Bm
G
And so you'll have to let me be
Bm
G
I swear I'll see you one day, darling
F#
G
And I'll lose you in silence
F#
G
I'll lose you in silence
F#
G
F#
G
D
D
I'll lose you in silence
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