Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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_ _ Well it's four o [Eb]'clock in the afternoon, [Bb] the anchors have been weighed
_ [Cm] A Miami [Bb] and a Nassau, [C] she's back across the [Cm] waves
_ She's a heaven's cloud [Eb] through Biscayne [Bb] Bay to the open sea
[C] Yarmouth [Bb] Castle, she is a diamond, [Cm] don't know it _
_ _ _ _ Another many [Eb] years within two [Bb] seas, she's seen the better [Bbm] times
[Bb] _ [Cm] She [Bb] gives a groan and a protest [Cm] as the cats to wave her light
And the grumble [Eb] of her engines [Bb] and the rustle on her spine
_ [C] Tells the [Bb] castle she's too old to [Cm] be sailing
_ _ _ _ _ But before long, [Eb] up within her [Bb] heart a tiny spark glows red _
_ [C] Slowly [Bb] through the evening [Cm] there's laughter overhead
_ Now the dinner's [Eb] served and the cards are [Bb] down and the drinks are passed around
[Cm] Deep in the [Bb] night the fire starts [Cm] to burn
Now _ _ _ it's midnight [Eb] on the open [Bb] sea and the moon is shining bright
_ [Cm] Some people [Bb] join the party [Cm] and others say goodnight
_ There's many [Eb] who are sleeping [Bb] now, it's been a busy day
_ [C] And a tiny [Bb] wisp of smoke [Cm] is arising
_ Oh _ _ _ Lord, she groans, I'm [Eb] [Bb] burning, let someone understand
_ But her [Cm] silent [Bb] plea is wasted [C] in the play of the band
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Everybody's [Eb] dancing on [Bb] the deck and they're having such a time _
And [Cm] her voice [Bb] says, shut up and deal, I'm [Cm] losing _
_ _ _ _ Deep within the [Eb] arm of the [Bb] castle the fire begins to glow
_ [Cm] It leaps [Bb] into the hallways and [Cm] clans and twists and grows _
And the pain she [Eb] wore to keep her [Bb] young, oh Lord, how well it burns
_ _ [Cm] Soon [Bb] that old fire [Cm] is raging
[Gm] And [Cm] _ _ the [Eb] boys are climbing [Bb] fast, the captain stands aloft _
He [Cm] calls up [Bb] to the boats and [Cm] says, boatsmen, we are lost
_ For the ragged [Eb] hoses and the [Bb] racks, no pressure do they hold
[Cm] And the people [Bb] down below will [Cm] soon be dying _ _ _ _ _
All the mint chips, [Eb] oh, she's blazing [Bb] now, it's spreading before her nest
_ [Cm] The people [Bb] are a-scrambling [Cm] as the fire blocks the path
_ The evil smoke [Eb] surrounds them [Bb] and they're falling in their tracks
_ [C] The captain and [Bb] his lightboat [Cm] is leaving _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Oh, _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ then the [Eb] ship behind the star [Bb] comes steaming through the night
_ [Gm] She sees the [Bb] castle blazing [C] and it is a terrible sight
[Cm] _ Jump down, jump [Eb] down, the captain [Bb] cries, we'll save you if we can
And [Cm] the paint [Bb] on his funnels [Cm] is a-frying _
God _ _ help [Eb] the ones asleep below [Bb] who cannot find the way
_ _ [C] Thank God [Bb] for those we rescued [Cm] upon this awful day _
Other heroes [Eb] there are many, but [Bb] the times are growing slim
_ But [Cm] now from [Bb] stern to bow she's [Cm] a-blazing _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, the Yarmouth [Eb] Castle's [Bb] moaning, she's crying like a child
_ You can hear her if you listen [Cm] above the roar so wide
_ Is she crying [Eb] for the ones who [Bb] lie within the molten sand
Or [Cm] crying [Bb] for herself, [Cm] I'm a-wondering _
_ _ But they're leaving [Eb] soon, her rescue, [Bb] the ones who lived to tell
_ [C] From the [Bb] star they watched her [Cm] as she dived in the swells
Like a toy ship [Eb] on a mill pond she [Bb] burned low through the night _
[Cm] And slipped [Bb] beneath the waves [C] in the [F] morning
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