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