Old Admirals - Al Stewart Chords

Chords: D, G, C, F, A, Am, Bm, Bridge, E, Em

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Genre: rock, folk, pop

Intro

D

Verse 1

G D C
I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea

G D F A
Was on the old Calcutta in eighteen fifty-three

G D C A
I was just a lad of fourteen years a midshipman to be

D Am
To make my way in sailing ships

G D A Bm A G D
Of the royal navy

Verse 2

G D C
By the time that I was twenty-one I had sailed the world around

G D F A
Weathered storms in the China seas with the hatches battened down

G D C A
And made my way by starlight off the coast of Newfoundland

D Am
And dined on beer and herrings

G D A Bm A G D
While the waves blew all around

Bridge 1

Bm
I live in retirement now

E Em
And through my window comes the sound of seagulls

Bm
And sets my mind remembering

E
The evening stars like memories sail far beyond the distant trees

Em Bm
Way out across the open seas I hear them sing

Verse 3

G D C
Oh the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel

G D F A
And shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel

G D C A
And I was given captain's rank and soon took under me

D Am
The proudest ship that ever sailed

G D A Bm A G D
For queen and country

Verse 4

G D C
Ah the old queen she passed away with the new born century

G D F A
And I received my calling up to the admiralty

G D C A
The sands ran through the hourglass each day more rapidly

D Am
As we watched the growing of the fleets

G D A Bm A G D
Of High Germany

Bridge 2

Bm
So at last the Great War blazed

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