G // C / – C // D / – G // C / - G


[Verse 1]
G               G
This town has seen no better captain
            Em
Who ran no finer crew
      Em              G
And I was lucky that he served with me
G                   Em           Em
Several seasons through

                     C              G
He moved on to other waters
                         Em             Em
But he was due back this fall
                          D                 D
And I was just about to track him down
              Em             Em
When I got the call

                          C             G
He disappeared in stormy weather
               D         D
He went down suddenly
                             C                  D
And my heart ached for his girl back home
                            G               G
And for the captain lost at sea


[Chorus]
             C /D / G G
The pull of gravity
             C /D / Em Em
The lift of buoyancy
     C /  D /G G      D
Are made to equal each other
             C /     D / G G
And most of us will never know
                C /  D / Em Em
But there’s a degree of roll
           C /D G G         Em
From which any boat cannot recover


Bridge (same as intro)
G // C / – C // D / – G // C / - G


[Verse 2]
G                 G
A ship is built to right itself
       Em
And usually we do
 Em                     G
Though we take a wave across our decks
                        Em
Through a close call or two
                       C     G
So were you taking on water
                             Em     Em
That your scuppers couldn’t clear?
                            D
Or did a rogue wave put you over
D                 Em     Em
So far away from here?

                                C      G
Was there a cold front in your heart
                            D       D
You couldn’t find a way to warm?
                      C                D
Then did a hurricane blow through you
D                        G       G
And generate a perfect storm?


[Chorus]
             C /D / G G
The pull of gravity
             C /D / Em Em
The lift of buoyancy
     C /  D /G G      D
Are made to equal each other
             C /     D / G G
And most of us will never know
                C /  D / Em Em
But there’s a degree of roll
           C /D G G         Em
From which any boat cannot recover