Sturgill Simpson
Sea Stories
From "A Sailor's Guide To Earth"
Tabbed by thatchadmiller (Twitter)
If you want to play this in E position, capo 1 and transpose down one step
(F=E, Bb=A, C=B)
Verse 1
F
Basic was just like papaw says:
Bb F
"Keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine"
C
Just another enlisted egg in the bowl for Uncle Sam's beater
F
When you get to Dam Neck hear a voice in your head
Bb F
Saying, "my life's no longer mine"
Bb F
Have you running with some SAD SOG
C F
BMF sandeaters
Verse 2
F Bb F
Setting out on them high seas feels just like being born
C
That first port call in Thailand feels like a pollywog turning nineteen
F Bb F
They've got king cobras fighting in boxing rings and all the angels play Connect Four
Bb F C F
Seems like a sailor's paradise but turns out to be a bad dream
Verse 3
F Bb F
Now you hit the ground running in Tokyo from Kawasaki to Ebisu
C
Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku
F
Aw, from Pusan and Ko Chang, Pattaya to Phuket
Bb F
From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Bb F C F
Seen damn near the whole damn world from the inside of a bar
Chorus
Bb F
I've got sea stories, they're all true
C
Might seem a little bit far-fetched but why would I lie to you
Bb F
Memories make forever stains, still got salt running through my veins
C F
I've got sea stories and my shellback, too
Solo (coming soon)
Verse 4
F Bb F
Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course, horizon gets so hazy
C
Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye on that old 64
F
And if you get sick and can't manage the kick
Bb
And get yourself kicked out the navy
F
You'll spend the next year trying to score
Bb
From a futon life raft on the floor
F
And the next fifteen trying to figure out
C F
What the hell you did that for
C F
But flying high beats dying for lies in a politician's war
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