Intro
(bouzouki play)
B C#m7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
B
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
My family sextant is the filling moon
C#m
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
C#m B
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
B
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B
B free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
C#m
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
B F#
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
B
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
G#m E B
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
G#m/B E/B C#m
Through rings of black roses I'll move
B
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) G#m E B
B G#m/B E/B C#m
B C#m
B
[Bridge 2]
Bm
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
B springboard dance with no last chance
Bm
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
E F#m A C#m
[Verse 1]
E F#m
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
A C#m B
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
E F#m
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
A C#m
Bm I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
E F#m
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
A C#m
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
F#
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
G#m D#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
B
I hope that you are there
C#
I hope to find you there
F#
I will not resist you
G#m D#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
B
Anchor, away
C#
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
F# G#m D#m
B C#
[Chorus]
F#
I will not resist you
G#m D#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
B
I hope that you are there
C#
I hope to find you there
F#
I will not resist you
G#m D#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
B
Anchor, away
C# (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!