Chords for The Flying Dutchman

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The sky was gray and cloudy and the wind was from the west
When we spied a battered frigate with her tattered sailful dress
[G] They signaled [Gm] they had letters home, they asked if we could take
[Dm] They dropped them in a barrel, they left bobbing in their wake
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We reefed the sails and slowed the [A] ship to fish the barrel out
The old ship sailed to the distance, then we saw her come about
[Gm] The captain watched through his spyglass when we heard him catch his breath
[Dm] And we saw the storm uprew and had become a wall of death
[A] Turn this ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run
[A] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're [D] outgunned
What of the ship that's out there, [G] do we leave her to the gale?
[D] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's rays that fills her sails
The [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
thunder growled like demons and the lightning stabbed the waves
And the Dutchman she leapt toward us riding fury from the grave
[Gm] Our captain he stayed at the wheel, the crew they manned the lines
[Dm] And still that ship and storm were quickly closing in behind
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Our ship would crest a giant wave and crash to the trough below
And the crew held on to what they could, they were damned if they let go
[Gm] The rain and sea and storm winds crashed against our ship with wrath
[A] And from the deck of that cursed ship we could hear them laugh
Turn this ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run
[E] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're outgunned
[D] That ghostly [A] ship is hunting [G] us, it's bringing on the gale
[D] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's rays that [B] fills her [Dm] sails _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That was when we sighted land and it came erased with time
We believed in Santa Marta, the Dutchman closing in behind
[G] Risk it [Gm] all that Captain Howl, it's the only chance we've got
[Dm] Salvation if we make it and our souls if we get caught
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The storm was all around us and the Dutchman caught our wind
The beast nearly capsized us and we washed our strong masked men
[Gm] We were almost to the harbor, we could see the natural break
[Dm] And each man wheeled her forward for they knew what was at stake
[A] Turn this ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run
[A] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're [D] outgunned
That ghostly ship is hunting [G] us, it's bringing on the gale
[G] She's called the Flying [D] Dutchman and it's rays that [Em] fills her _
[Dm] sails _ _ _ _ _
Once we charged into that harbor, the Flying Dutchman heaved away
And we heard their bitter screams [A] for the devil lost his prey
[G] Once we made it [Gm] safely to the leeward of the bay
[Dm] We cracked that barrel open to see what those letters say
There _ _ _ _ _ _ _ must have been a hundred and that's when we realized
These moldy parchments were addressed [A] to those who'd long since died
[G] If you see a battered [Gm] frigate near the grey and stormy sky
[A] Give way and watch behind you or you'll hear your captain cry
[E] Turn this ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run
[A] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're outgunned
[A] That ghostly ship is hunting [G] us, it's bringing [A] on the gale
She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's rays that fills her sails