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[Intro]
D   D/C# D/B  D/A
G   D/F# Em   A

[Verse 1]
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  Up here in the crow's nest I am swimming through the breeze
          G              D/F#          Em             A
One last memory from the sun as it is setting by degrees
    D              D/C#         D/B           D/A
And high above an albatross is following its light
            G              D/F#        Em         A        D
And I will sing to her as she flies by   on this beautiful night

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Ahead is the horizon, always changing it stands fast
        G              D/F#          Em                 A
Far behind me are the desert islands shipwrecks of the past
            D                D/C#            D/B          D/A 
And I have seen the cannons sounding in the early morning light
           G                D/F#      Em        A          D
But I have left my battles for the day  on this beautiful night

[Instrumental]
D/C# D/B  D/A
G   D/F# Em   A

[Verse 2]
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Lonely are the sailors they're on this journey too
            G                 D/F#        Em      A
And each of us must make our unknown way upon the blue
       D                D/C#         D/B          D/A
So tonight we cast our worries float jetsam on the tide
       G                D/F#   Em        A         F#m
And we watch them echo far away  On this beautiful night


[Bridge]
        C#m
The flat earth may end
        Em                   A7            A
We may sail off the edge and not be seen again
     F#m                                 C#m
So I    sing and hope my song will form a rope of golden cords/chords
        Em                                A7             A
So that I can rescue someone else should they fall overboard


[Verse 3]
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  Some of us are pirates and some of us are damned
     G             D/F#          Em           A
But all of us need all of us to ever find the land
                G              D/F#         Em                     A
And though the Passage of Good Hope may seem     like a needle's eye
       D              D/C#    D/B        D/A        D
We're floating on tranquility    on this beautiful night


[Outro]
D               D/C#            D/B                  D/A
Up here in the crow's nest I am swimming through the breeze
         G               D/F#   Em      A
One last memory from the sun...
D   D/C# D/B  D/A
G   D/F# Em   A