Chords for Lover's Wreck

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I'm a hundred days at [Eb] sea, I'll retch away from misery.
[Bbm] Rammies and rats and tirey [Eb] jacks, my only [F] family.
The island of salvation [Eb] is still a scream away.
[Bb] As the lungs of night blow out the light, my heart kneels [Fm] down to pray.
Oh Lord, where did you take her?
[Eb] She meant so much to me.
[C] Now a wretched soul, run up by the [Db] tear, drowned [F] out at sea.
I'm [Fm] killing and I'm drinking, [Eb] my blue heart to black.
[Fm] But I swear, oh Lord, I'll never sin again, if you bring her back.
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, Gypsy was a siren, [Eb] dripping with desire.
[Db] Her moonless hair, skin so [Eb] fair, warm as [Fm] frozen fire.
She had the loyalty of a cat, [Eb] behind those pale green eyes.
[Bb] And through her cherry lips, the devil has slipped a [F] thousand lies. _
_ _ _ _ Aquanau rogues and [Eb] vagabonds, occupied her head.
[Db] That thieving band took her pale white [Eb] hand, stole her [Fm] from my bed.
Like a ghost ship in the night, [Eb] she drifted out once more.
[Bb] To land upon the sand, of another [F] lover's shore.
[F] Oh Lord, where did you take her?
[Eb] She meant so much to me.
[C] Now a wretched soul, run up by the [Fm] tear, drowned out at sea.
I'm killing and I'm drinking, [Eb] my blue heart to black.
[Fm] But I swear, oh Lord, I'll never sin [Ab] again, if you [F] bring her back. _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ [Fm] In my sleeping mind, she sings a [Eb] sad and lonely lullaby.
[Db] And when I awake, there's just the [Eb] ache, that'll haunt me [Fm] till I die.
When those winds of vanity, [Eb] no longer blow her west.
[Bb] I pray they'll guide her home, and put my [Fm] heart to rest.
A brisk gang feel no matter [Eb] what, to leave the black mouth can I [Db] roar.
Now all my trade is born and [Bb] bled, like [Fm] forevermore.
I sing the song of the stray, [Eb] the ocean's howling squall.
[Bb] I stumble and writhe on the deck, at the devil's [Fm] banquet.
At the devil's banquet.
Oh, how did you take her?
[Eb] She meant so much to me.
[C] Now a wretched soul, run up by the [Db] tear, drowned [Fm] out at sea.
I'm killing [F] and I'm drinking, [Eb] my blue heart to black.
But I [C] swear, oh Lord, I'll never sin [Bb] again, if you [C] bring her back.
I swear, oh Lord, I'll never sin [Db] again, if you [Fm] bring her back. _ _
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