Sailor's Rest - Stan Rogers - Home In Halifax - Chords
Note - I'm not exactly sure how he does the little thing at the beginning of the
chorus, but I played around with my guitar a bit, and what I've got there sounds
pretty good to me :P
G D G C
It's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
D C D7
For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
G G7 C A7
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
G C G
And tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls
D C D7
And Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls
G G7 C A7
The spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best
G C G
But the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest
CHORUS
D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
Em C Am D
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
Em Am
From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
Em A7
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
G C G
That were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
No rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor
D C D7
No grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors
G G7 C A7
But there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best
G C G
And they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest
CHORUS
D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
Em C Am D
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
Em Am
From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
Em A7
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
G C G
That were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
D C D7
For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
G G7 C A7
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
G C G
But they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G
It's acrimony down in the card-room
Darcy Smith
thescientist
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