Intro
(bouzouki play)
G Am7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
G
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
My family sextant is the filling moon
Am
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Am G
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
G
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G
G free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Am
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G D
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
G
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
Em C G
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Em/G C/G Am
Through rings of black roses I'll move
G
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Em C G
G Em/G C/G Am
G Am
G
[Bridge 2]
Gm
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
G springboard dance with no last chance
Gm
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
C Dm F Am
[Verse 1]
C Dm
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
F Am G
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
C Dm
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
F Am
Gm I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
F Am
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
D
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Em Bm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G
I hope that you are there
A
I hope to find you there
D
I will not resist you
Em Bm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G
Anchor, away
A
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
D Em Bm
G A
[Chorus]
D
I will not resist you
Em Bm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G
I hope that you are there
A
I hope to find you there
D
I will not resist you
Em Bm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G
Anchor, away
A (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!