Chords for Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle (by Gordon Lightfoot)

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_ _ _ Well it's four o'clock [D] in the afternoon, [A] the anchors have been weighed
_ _ From [B] Miami [A] to Nassau, [B] she's bound across the waves
[Bm] _ She's a-headin' south [D] through Biscayne Bay [A] into the open _ sea
_ _ [B] Yarmouth Castle, [A] she's a-dyin' and don't [Bm] know it _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now the many [D] years she's been to sea, [A] she's seen the better _ times _ _ _
[B] She hears a [A] grumble and a protest [B] as they cast away her light
_ [Bm] _ And the grumble [D] of her engines [A] and the rust along her spine _ _ _
[B] Tells the castle she's [A] too old to be [Bm] sailing
_ _ _ But _ _ _ _ _ _ the sands run out [D] within her [A] heart, a tiny spark glows red
_ _ _ [B] She smolders [A] through the evening, [B] there's laughter _ overhead
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_ _ Now the dinner's [D] served and the cards are dealt [A] and the drinks are passed around
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Deep [A] within the fire the stocks are [Bm] burning
_ _ Now _ _ _ _ _ _ it's midnight [D] on the open [A] sea and the moon is shining bright
_ _ _ [B] Some people [A] join the party [B] and others say goodnight
[Bm] _ _ _ There's the many [D] who are sleeping [A] now, it's been a busy day
_ _ _ And [B] the tiny [A] wisp of smoke [Bm] is arising
_ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lord, she groans, [D] I'm burning, let [A] someone _ understand _
_ But her [B] silent [A] plea is wasted in [B] the play of the band
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_ _ _ _ Everybody's [D] dancing on the deck [A] and they're having such a time
_ _ And [B] her voice [A] says, shut up and deal, [Bm] I'm losing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Deep within the [D] arm of the castle the [A] fire begins to glow
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Leaps into [A] the _ hallways and [Bm] clans and twists and grows
_ _ _ And the faint she wore [D] to keep her young, oh [A] Lord, how well it burns
_ _ And [B] soon that [A] old fire is [Bm] _
raging _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Underneath the [D] bridge it's climbing [A] fast, the captain stands aloft _
_ _ [B] He calls up to [A] the boats and [B] says, boatsmen, we are [Bm] lost _
For the ragged hoses [D] and the racks, [A] no pressure do they hold _
_ And [Bm] the people down [A] below will soon [Bm] be dying _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, the mint chips, [D] oh, she's blazing, [A] now it's spreading for an after
_ And [B] the people are [A] a-scrambling as the [Bm] fire blocks the path
_ _ _ _ The evil smoke [D] surrounds them and they're [A] falling in their tracks
_ _ And [Bm] the captain in [A] his lifeboat is [Bm] a-beating _
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_ _ _ then the [D] ship of _ Hammerstar [A] comes steaming through the night _
_ _ She [Bm] sees the [A] castle blazing [Bm] and it is a terrible _ sight
_ _ Jump down, jump down, [D] her captain cries, [A] we'll save you if we can _
_ And [B] the paint on [A] his funnels is [Bm] a-frying _ _ _
God _ _ _ _ _ help the [D] ones who sleep, the [A] Lord cannot find the way
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Thank God for [A] those we rescued _ [Bm] upon this awful day
_ _ _ Other heroes there [D] are many, [A] but the times are going slim
_ _ _ For [Bm] now from stern [A] to bow [Bm] she's a-blazing
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Oh, the Yarmouth [D] Castle's moaning, [A] she's crying like a child _ _
[C#] You can hear her [A] if you listen [Bm] above the roar so _ wide
_ Is she crying for [D] the ones who [A] lie within her molten side _ _ _
[Bm] Or crying [A] for herself, [Bm] I'm a _ -wondering _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But the living [D] soon will rescue [A] the ones who live to tell
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[A] _ _ _ [B] From the star [A] they watched her as she [Bm] died there in the swells _
_ _ Like a toy ship [D] on a millbone she burned [A] all through the [Am] night _
[A] And then [Bm] slipped [A] beneath the waves in [E] the morning
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