G C D G
He was the captain of the Nightingale
G D C D
Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal
D C D G C
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale
D C G
When he died on the North Rock shoal
C D G
Just five short hours from Bermuda
D C D
In a fine October gale
C D G C
O there came a cry, " Oh, there be breakers dead ahead
D C D
From the collier Nightingale
C D G
No sooner had the captain brought her round,
D C D
Then came a rending crash below
C D G C
Hard on her beam ends groaning, went the Nightingale
D C G
And overside her mainmast goes
C D G
"O captain are we all for drowning,"
G D C D
Came a cry from all the crew
D C D G C
"The boats be smashed! How are we all then to be saved?
D C D
They are stove in through and through
G C D G
O are ye brave and hardy collier men
G D C D
Or are you blind and cannot see
D C D G C
O the captain's gig still lies before ye whole and sound
D C G
And it shall carry all of we
G C D G
He was the captain of the Nightingale
G D C D
Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal
D C D G C
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale
D C G
When he died on the North Rock shoal
C D G
But when the crew were all assembled
G D C D
And the gig prepared for sea
C D G C
'Twas seen there were but eighteen places to be manned
D C D
And nineteen mortal souls were we
C D G
But cries the captain," now do not delay
G D C D
Nor do you spare a thought for me
D C D G C
My duty is to save you all now if I can
D C G
see ye return quick as can be
G C D G
He was the captain of the Nightingale
G D C D
Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal
D C D G C
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale
D C G
When he died on the North Rock shoal
G C D G
Oh, there be flowers in Bermuda
G D C D
Beauty lies on every hand
C D G C
And there be laughter ease and drink there for every man
D C D
But there is no joy for me
G C D G
For when we reached the wretched Nightingale
G D C D
What an awful sight was plain
C D G C
O the captain, drowned, was tangled in the mizzen chains
D C G
Smiling bravely beneath the sea
G C D G
He was the captain of the Nightingale
G D C D
Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal
D C D G C
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale
D C G
When he died on the North Rock shoal
Tabbed from this version of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVUei-0WYC4
