Intro
(bouzouki play)
F Gm7
[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
Gm
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Gm 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)
Gm
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
Dm A# F
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Dm/F A#/F Gm
Through rings of black roses I'll move
F
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Dm A# F
F Dm/F A#/F Gm
F Gm
F
[Bridge 2]
Fm
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
F springboard dance with no last chance
Fm
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
A# Cm D# Gm
[Verse 1]
A# Cm
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
D# Gm F
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
A# Cm
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
D# Gm
Fm I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
A# Cm
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
D# Gm
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
C
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Dm Am
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
Dm Am
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
F
Anchor, away
G
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
C Dm Am
F G
[Chorus]
C
I will not resist you
Dm Am
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
Dm Am
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
F
Anchor, away
G (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!