Nantucket - Home Free Chords
Chords: G, Gadd9, Dsus4, C, Am, D, Em, C*, Am*, G*
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Genre: country, pop, adult contemporary
* means one strum down
[Intro]
G Gadd9 G
Dsus4 C
G Gadd9 G
Dsus4 C
[Verse 1]
G
I come from an island and islander's ways
Am C
Breakers and Quakers and few of us stray
G
Hunting the oceans with men that won't tire
Am C
Nantucket sleigh-rides and chimney's afire
G
Some may be wary and won't understand
Am C
Trading a spear for a flag in the hand
D C G
But jetsom the try-pots, I'm shipping out east
D C D
Off to go hunting a different beast
[Chorus]
G
Fire flies from the long nines
Em C
Shot handlers run about
G C
The captain says, we'll hull her
Dsus4 D
As though there was some doubt
G
And as we blow on the matches
Em C
And brace to take the shock
G C G D G
My mind is in Nantucket hauling whale-meat into dock
[Solo]
G Gadd9 G
Dsus4 C
[Verse 2]
G
I'm not used to bracing in weather so calm
Am C
Still making cheer when I hear the alarm
G
As iron and fire knock nails from the stern
Am C
The shoals are no longer my biggest concern
G
Our skipper is canny, a droll kind of soul
Am C
Heat of assault and he's still cracking jokes
D C G
"Ah Mr Starbuck, your aim is quite rare"
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