The Flying Dutchman Chords by The Jolly Rogers

[Start]

[Verse]
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■  The sky was grey and cloudy
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And the wind was from the west
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When we spied a battered frigate
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With her tattered sail full dressed
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They signaled they had letters home
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They asked if we could take
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They dropped them in a barrel
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They left bobbing in their wake
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We reefed the sails and slowed the ship
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To fish the barrel out
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The old ship sailed to the distance
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Then we saw her come about
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The captain watched through a spyglass
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When we heard him catch his breath
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And we saw the storm abrewing
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Had become a wall of death


[Chorus]
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Turn this ship around me boys
G                  
Turn around and run
     A                      
That storm it wants a battle
         G                       
And it's sure that were outgunned
     Dm          F               
What of the ship that's out there
      G                A   
Do we leave her to the gale
      Dm                        
She's called the Flying Dutchman
              Dm                  
And it's rage that fills her sails


[Verse]
    Dm                         
The thunder growled like demons
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And the lightning stabbed the waves
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And the Dutchman she leapt towards us
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Riding fury from the grave
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Our captain he stayed at the wheel
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The crew they manned the lines
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And still that ship and storm
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Were quickly closing in behind
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Our ship we crest a giant wave
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And crashed to the trough below
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And the crew held on to what they could
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They were damned if they let go
    Gm                          
The rain and sea and storm winds
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Crashed against our ship with wrath
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And from the deck of that cursed ship
   Dm                   
We could hear them laugh


[Chorus]
A                            
Turn this ship around me boys
G                  
Turn around and run
     A                      
That storm it wants a battle
         G                        
And it's sure that we're outgunned
     Dm      G       F         
That ghostly ship is hunting us
     G               A   
It's bringing on the gale
Dm                              
She's called the Flying Dutchman
         Dm                       
And it's rage that fills her sails


[Verse]
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That was when we sighted land
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It became a race with time
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We believed in Santa Marta
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The Dutchman closing in behind
Gm                            
Risk it all the captain howled
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It's the only chance we've got
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Salvation if we make it
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And our souls if we get caught
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The storm was all around us
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And the Dutchman cut our wind
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The beast nearly capsized us
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And we watched our strong mast bend
Gm                          
We were almost to the harbor
   Gm                         
We could see the natural break
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And each man willed her forward
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For they knew what was at stake


[Chorus]
A                        G   
Turn this ship around me boys
G                  
Turn around and run
A                           
That storm it wants a battle
G                                 
And it's sure that we're outgunned
Dm           F                 
That ghostly ship is hunting us
G                        
It's bringing on the gale
G                               
She's called the Flying Dutchman
                         Dm       
And it's rage that fills her sails


[Verse]
     Dm                         
Once we charged into that harbor
    Dm                         
The Flying Dutchman heaved away
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And we heard their bitter screams
    Asus4                  
For the devil lost his prey
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■  Once we made it safely
   Gm                    
To the leeward of the bay
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We cracked that barrel open
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To see what those letters say
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There must have been a hundred
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And that's when we realized
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These moldy parchments were addressed
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To those who'd long since died
G          Gm                
If you see a battered frigate
       Gm                   
'neath a grey and stormy sky
Dm                           
Give way and watch behind you
   Dm                          
Or you'll hear your captain cry


[Chorus]
A                        G   
Turn this ship around me boys
G                  
Turn around and run
A                           
That storm it wants a battle
G                                 
And it's sure that we're outgunned
Dm           F                 
That ghostly ship is hunting us
G             A          
It's bringing on the gale
Dm                              
She's called the Flying Dutchman


[End]
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And it's rage that fills her sails