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