The Downeaster Alexa - Home Free Chords
Chords: Capo, Em, D, G, C, Am, Bm, C*, G*, D*
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Genre: country, pop, rock
* means one strum down
(-mute) means mute
Capo 3
[Intro]
Em D Em 2x
[Chorus]
G D Em
Well I'm on the downeaster "Alexa"
G D C
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
G Am
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
G D C
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
[Verse 1]
D Bm C
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
D Em D
Left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
C D Bm C
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
D Em D
Too proud to leave, I work my fingers to the bone
[Chorus]
G D Em
So I could own my downeaster "Alexa"
G D C
And I go where the ocean is deep
G Am
There are giants out there in the canyons
G D C
And a good captain can't fall asleep
[Verse 2]
D Bm C
I got bills to pay and children who need clothes
D Em (-mute)
I know there's fish out there, but where God only knows
C D Bm C
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
D Em D
But I got people back on land who count on me
[Chorus]
G D Em
So if you see my downeaster "Alexa"
G D C
And if you work with the rod and the reel
G Am
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
G D C* Em
And I still have my hands on the wheel
[Solo]
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