[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
       Bm            D
There’s only sky and water
                 G
As far as we can see
              A
You came in a dream last night
     G                   A
Dear heart, you spoke to me
       Bm            D
There’s only sky and water
              G
And never so alone
                 A
When we cut the captain loose
                     D
We cut all ties with home
         A                 D
Lord, we cut all ties with home

[Verse 2]
   Bm             D
We let the tyrant drift away
                  G
In one of his own boats
                   A
I don’t know why I stopped the hands
     G             A
From going for his throat
Bm            D
Every man did curse the day
                     G
He signed up for the trip
                  A
And every man did know
                         D
This was no way to run a ship
         A            D
Lord, no way to run a ship

[Instrumental 1]
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Bm D G A D A D

[Verse 3]
     Bm                     D
Good riddance to his bitter soul
                    G
And now we have the brig
                       A
It’s sure we’ll not be sailing home
   G                A
To dance the hempen jig
       Bm            D
There’s only sky and water
                      G
We sleep and dream of land
                      A
But free of chains of iron
                       D
And the captain’s iron hand
          A              D
Lord, the captain’s iron hand

[Instrumental 2]
Bm D G A G A
Bm D G A D A D

[Verse 4]
   Bm              D
He lashed me to a grating
                          G
For the nine claws of the cat
                 A
And now I have a fever
    G                    A
But I give no thought to that
     Bm            D
I am high over the water
                     G
I sleep and dream of land
                  A
Free of chains of iron
                       D
And the captain’s iron hand
          A              D
Lord, the captain’s iron hand

[Outro]
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Bm D G A D A D