John Cook Chords by Schooner Fare

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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Oh
John cook you [C] have [D] taken [G] us to hell [Em] locked up in the ice
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We've been here [G] for a year now the water is [C] coming clear [G] won't you set for home John cook without [C] me? _ _
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[Gb] [G] We sailed around a Gloucester
[C] [G] But the mighty whale a crew of 20 [Em] season whaling men
[D] With [C] slogan [G] at the helm and me and [Bm] brewery [Em] all in sail [C] and the captain's help nor [D] hers at the wind _ _
[G] The captain's wife had begged to go and cook would not deny her for Annie cook [Em] was
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[C] She's been this last [G] year down below a [Bm] huddle [Em] near the fire [C] a wailers luck [D] was more than she
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_ Oh
Less than half the oil for hundred [Em] barrels filled and [D] in
The _ [C] captain [G] headed northward where he [Bm] knew we'd [Em] find the whale [C] but instead of whales we found the [D] bitter cold
_ [C] [G] The Atlantic wind did shudder as she brave the Arctic gale, but the master [Em] would not feed the [D] mates with ice
_ [C] My captain [G] Turner suffered and [Bm] down the [Em] hellish whale [C] or if you [D] don't we'll soon be [G] trapped in ice
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[G] _ Now the waters coming [C] clear or [G] she's set for home John cook without [C] me
_ _ Soon _ _ [G] _ the ice [Em] stretched all around [C] the crowded [G] Atlantic feed with nine months come [E] the food [D] began to spoil
_ [C] The captain [G] placed more debt [Bm] more to [Em] throw in between [C] his love for Anna lusting [D] for the oil
[G] Or any book
Take her home to Gloucester
_ [E] _ [D] And _ _ [C] the crew of [G] the Atlantic we had [Bm] charged the [Em] northern monster [C] to find [D] herself her face
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[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Now the waters [C] coming clear [G] what you set her home John cook [C] without me
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Ladies [Em] choice did [C] not return [G] without the oil his pride [Em] is more important [D] than his wife
_ [C] And when they're [G] king of you Vinnie, he's shot [Em] steward boil
[C] We have to take [D] his life
[G] Into more weeks [Em] the ice cleared [C] off.
We set out the whales [G] to find beat the [Em] three beasts before the second [D] _ _ [C] Michael _
[G] And _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [C] the [D] captain's full black hair [G] and gone today
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[C] We've been here [G] for a year now the water's [C] coming clear [G] folks is set for home
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Without me
[C] We've been here [G] for a year now the water's [C] coming _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Won't you set my home _
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