Am      G           C        F
Oh you slipped away from the harbour side
        C     G            F     Dm
In the morning bright and clear
          Am          G              C      F
And your sails were filled with the rising wind
           C         E      F    Dm
And you laughed for all to hear
          Am                   G       C
But you never glanced at the ragged dance
       F        Dm      Em   G
Of your lovers on the quai
       Am       G             C         F
Don't call on them when the winds rise high
         C           G       F     Dm
On the dark and the rolling sea.


     Am        G             C         F
You set your course for the furthest shores
         C   G             F    Dm
And you never once looked back
          Am      G             C       F
And the flag you flew was the pirate cross
       C       E       F     Dm
On a field of velvet black.
            Am                   G     C
And those landsmen who you but lately knew
         F         Dm      Em  G
Were left stranded on the lea
       Am       G             C            F
Don't call on them when the storm clouds rise
         C            G      F       Dm
On the dark and the rolling sea.


      Am       G         C        F
Oh I have no need of a chart or creed
      C      G          F    Dm
You told your waiting crew
          Am        G               C         F
For the winds of chance, they will bear us straight
          C        E          F    Dm
And you spoke as though you knew.
         Am                  G      C
So you paid no mind to the warning signs
      F            Dm       Em  G
As you gave your words so free
         Am         G             C      F
Don't change your tack when the timbers crack
        C                G       F    Dm
On the dark and and the rolling sea.




          Am     G             C        F
Now the thunder rails in the great mainsails
          C      G         F    Dm
And the stars desert the skies
          Am       G             C        F
And the rigging strains as the hands of rain
        C       E        F     Dm
Reach down to wash your eyes.
          Am                      G        C
And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand
       F            Dm  Em    G
And his eyes spell mutiny
       Am      G              C          F
Don't call my name when your ship goes down
        C             G      F  Dm  Am  G Am
On the dark and the rolling sea.