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