Chords for Al Stewart - Old Admirals da Past, Present and Future 1973

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I [G] can well recall the [D] first time [Am] I ever put to sleep
[G] Was on the old [D] Calcutta [C] in [A] 1853
[G] I was just the [D] lad of fourteen [Am] years of midshipman [A] to be
[D] To make my [Am] way in sailing ships [G] of the Royal Navy
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[G] By the time that [D] I was twenty-one [C] I had sailed the world around
[G] Weathered [D] storms in the China [C] seas where the hutches [A] battened down
[G] Made my [D] way by starlight up the coast [Am] of [A] Newfoundland
[D] And dined on beer [Am] and herrings while _ [G] the waves blew all [C#m] around
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_ _ [Bm] I live in retirement now and through my window comes the sound of sea [Bm] gulls
And sets my mind remembering
_ The evening stars like memories sail [E] far beyond the distant trees
Way [Em] out across the open seas I [A] hear them sing
All _ _ the [G] wooden ships [D] they turn to iron and [Am] the iron ships to steel
[G] Shed their sails [D] like autumn leaves with [Am] the turning of the [A] wheel
I [G]
was given [D] captain's rank [Am] soon to come to [A] me
[D] The proudest ship [Am] that ever sailed _ [G] for queen and [D] country
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] the old queen [D] she passed [C] away with the new born century
[G] And I received [D] my calling [Am] up to the [A] Admiralty
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Suns ran [D] through the hourglass [C] each day more [A] rapidly
As [D] we watched the [Am] growing of the fleets [G] of high [D] Germany fleet
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So at last the great war [E] blazed I waited [Bm] with the passing days
A call to arms that never came writing letters
I [B]
may be old now in your [E] eyes but all my years have made me [Em] wise
You don't see where the danger [A] lies oh call me back, _ call [A] me back
[G] But the [D] war it ran its [Am] course they could find no use for me
[G] And I live [D] in the country [Am] now grandchildren [A] on my knee
[G] And sometimes [D] thinking of this [Am] world the saddest [A] thing to be
_ [D] Old [Am] admirals who feel the wind [G] I'm never put to sea
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Not just like [D] you I've sailed my [Am] dreams like ships across the sea
[G] Some of them [D]
they've come on [C] rocks and some face [A] mutiny
[G] When [D] they're sunken one by [Am] one I'll join [A] that company
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Old [Am] admirals who feel the wind _ [G] I'm never [D] put to sea
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