Chords for Stan Rogers - Sailor's Rest

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It's _ acrimony down in the card room, _ _ with pinning hands thrown on the _ base. _ _ _
Forgotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good _ _ old _ [D] days.
_ _ _ [G] Captains and mates getting testy, _ _ with [C] memories not of the [A] _ best. _
_ And [G] tampers are flying _ down at [Em] the _ [G] sailors' _ _ rest. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Blue eyes in wrinkled Morocco _ _ _ _ still search [C] the horizon for _ squalls.
_ And [D] zeros in the sky and [Bb] the watch-keeper's eye and the [G] pawn shop _ _ [Dm] balls.
_ [G] The spice in the wind off of Java _ and the bars in Pabiti were [A] best.
_ But [G] the deck is too steady _ [C] down at the _ sailors' _ rest.
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_ And oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ how they talked of the day they'd [C] arrive,
_ _ when after the [Em] years all the [C] storms and the tears [Am] still very much alive.
[D] _ _ _ _ And oh, _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
how their lives were spilled out on the floor,
_ _ [Em] from the battered old sea [Am]-banks, the journals and logs,
and the [Em] keepsakes locked in [A] the chests _ _ that were [G] stowed in the attic. _
Down at the _ _ sailors' _ rest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ No rail on the mess-room table, _ _ _ and you're dead if you spit on the floor. _
_ _ _ _ No grog [D] aloud, no singing too loud, and [C] no locks on the [D] doors.
_ But [G] there's always a fire in the card-room, _ and the tucker is always [A] the best.
_ And they'll [G] end it together _ [Am] down at the [G] _ sailors' _ _ rest.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
they [G] talked of the day [C] they'd arrive,
_ _ when after the years all the storms and the tears still very much [A] alive.
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_ And oh, _ _ _ _ _ [G] how their lives were spilled [C] out on the floor,
_ from the battered [D] old sea [C]-banks, the journals and logs,
[Em] and the keepsakes locked in the [A] chests _ _ that were [G] sold at the auction.
_ Down at the _ _ sailors' _ _ rest. _ _ _
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So it's acrimony down in the card-room, _ _ _ [C] with winning hands thrown on the base.
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_ [D] Forgotten cards wait on [C] the end of debate on the good _ [G] _ _
old [Dm] days. _ _ _ _
[G] Captains and mates getting _ testy, _ with memories not of the [A] best.
_ But they'll [G] end it together _ [C] down at the _ sailors' _ _ _ _ [G] rest. _
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_ [Em] _ _ [G] It's _ acrimony down in the card-room. _
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We'll see you [Bb] as soon as possible.
[G] Thank you very much. _
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