Tuning: DADGAD, capo 5
G Dadd11 Em C
D|-0-|-0------|-0--|-0-|
A|-3-|-2------|-0--|-3-|
D|-2-|-2------|-2--|-0-|
G|-0-|-2------|-0--|-0-|
A|-0-|-0------|-2--|-x-|
D|-0-|--------|----|-5-|
That's pretty much it for chords. However, he plays a bunch of fill lines and things around and underneath
them. For example, the chorus:
G G
D|-----0-0---------0-0---------0-0-------0-0-0-0|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
A|-----3-3---------3-3---------3-3-------3-3-3-3|-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3---|
D|-----2-2---------2-2---------2-2-------2-2-2-2|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2---|
G|---------0---4-------0-----------0---2--------|-------------0-------------------------------0---|
A|-4-----------------------2--------------------|-4-----------------------2-----------0-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
...you get the idea. I won't exhaustively tab it out. It's meant to be played emotively anyway - as long
as you put the right emotion into it, you're playing it right, even if you don't hit the exact notes he does.
[Intro]
G
[Chorus]
G
Overseas and far away heave away boys
G
Sea dogs sail their lives away heave away boys
[Verse 1]
Dadd11 Em
Ghosts of sea dogs at break of day
Dadd11 C
Crusty beards and coats of gray
Dadd11 Em
Weigh the anchor, let's be away
Dadd11 C
From this day on we're carried by the wind
[Chorus]
G
Overseas and far away heave away boys
G
Sea dogs sail their lives away heave away boys
[Verse 2]
Dadd11 Em
Creaky decks and ruthless men
Dadd11 C
Ruled by the lash, where some met their end
Dadd11 Em
The old world was new in all directions then
Dadd11 C
Conquered by a few at the loss of so many
[Chorus]
G
Overseas and far away heave away boys
G
Sea dogs sail their lives away heave away boys
[Chorus]
G
Overseas and far away heave away boys
G
Sea dogs sail their lives away heave away boys
[Outro]
G
Crusty beards and bloodshot eyes squint up at the sun
G
Horizons hold fast and seduce the sea dogs over
G
Some live to tell tall tales and some never returned
G
Leaving only their dreams, carried by the sea
