Open D (DADF#AD)
 

Bm: x24040
Bm/A: x04040
G: 500500
F#m: 400300
A: 700700
Bm*: 900800
D: 000000
 

Capo I
 

(Bm)I am the captain and (Bm/A)I have been told
That to(G)morrow we land and my (F#m)ship has been sold
Now (G)losing this boat is (F#m)worth scarce a mention
I (G)think of the (A)crew, most of (Bm*)all the first (A)ensign
(G)For all we (F#m)learned the (Bm)sea
 

(Bm)Guiding a ship, it takes (Bm/A)more than your skill
It's the (G)compass inside it's the (F#m)strength of your will
The (G)first ensign watched as (F#m)tempests all tried me
I (G)sang in the (A)wind as if (Bm*)God were be(A)side me
(G)For all we (F#m)learned the (D)sea
 

(Bm)You take the (Bm/A)wheel one more (G)time like I (F#m)showed you
(Bm)We've reached the (Bm/A)strait once even (G)I could not (F#m)go through
 

(Bm)I am the captain and (Bm/A)I have been told
But (G)I am not shaken, I (F#m)am eight years old
And (G)you are still young, but (F#m)you'll understand
That the (G)stars of the (A)sea are the (Bm)same for the (A)land
And (G)we came to (F#m)learn the (Bm)sea
 

(Bm)(Bm/A)(G)(F#m)
(Bm)(Bm/A) . . . (G)(A)(Bm*) . . . (G)(F#m) . . . (D)