Intro
(bouzouki play)
D# Fm7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
D#
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
My family sextant is the filling moon
Fm
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Fm D#
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
D#
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D#
D# free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Fm
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D# A#
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
D#
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
Cm G# D#
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Cm/D# G#/D# Fm
Through rings of black roses I'll move
D#
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Cm G# D#
D# Cm/D# G#/D# Fm
D# Fm
D#
[Bridge 2]
D#m
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
D# springboard dance with no last chance
D#m
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
G# A#m C# Fm
[Verse 1]
G# A#m
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
C# Fm D#
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
G# A#m
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
C# Fm
D#m I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
G# A#m
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
C# Fm
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
A#
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Cm Gm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D#
I hope that you are there
F
I hope to find you there
A#
I will not resist you
Cm Gm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D#
Anchor, away
F
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
A# Cm Gm
D# F
[Chorus]
A#
I will not resist you
Cm Gm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D#
I hope that you are there
F
I hope to find you there
A#
I will not resist you
Cm Gm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D#
Anchor, away
F (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!