Chords for Dawson's Christian

Yes.
It's going to be a Shudderly, it is on CD.
[Eb] Cool!
Wonderful.
_ [Ab] _ [B] Yeah, [E] I stuck it in on a whim to the, well I started having Firefly themed gigs, and I only have,
[N] well I've only written two, and Shanna's written, you know, six or seven, but I haven't learned all of hers.
_ And then we had two [G] hours of music to fill, and I don't know that many Firefly songs, so I started
thinking, what else would be [C] of interest?
You [Ab] know, ghost stories in space, sure.
Firefly fans would like that.
And I figured you could almost imagine this story being set in the Firefly universe.
Sure.
[F] Almost.
Although there's no [G] hyperdrive in the Firefly.
How _ _ [Bb] was [Em] this thought, is this?
[Cm] Well, Joss [G] is deliberately vague on that.
Yeah.
[Am] He doesn't.
_ _ Oh yeah?
Okay.
[A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ There _ _ [Am] _
_ we [E] go, yeah, I [D] gotcha.
Okay. _ _
_ [A] I'm a little cold, I worked. _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ They [Gm] were jumped by three light cruisers, though [Am] they were no match [Gm] for one.
As [D] they came to General Quarters, [C] and they sent out the alarm,
[G] Tinney must have known they'd finally [A] bought the bomb.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Now they say that Jamie Dawson was no [C] man to cut and run,
And [G] they say that when [E] he fought, he had [Am] the fury [G] of a son. _
[Am] They say he made his bargain with [C] some power of a [G] knight,
That he soon descended to his [Am] final run.
_ _ _ No one living saw that battle, [C] the League was going to leave,
[G] But at the sight they found a scene no sane man would believe.
_ [A] Three light cruisers cut to ribbons, [C] wreckage scattered all [G] around,
But no trace of Jamie Dawson [Am] could be found. _ _
_ _ There are stories of the Dutchman, [C] as the bloodstained run and cried,
[G] There are stories of the [Am] horseman and the lady [G] at his side.
[C] The tale that [Am] makes my life at [C] all [Am] morbidly true
[G] Is the tale of Jamie Dawson [Am] and his crew,
_ [G] Is the tale of Dawson's Christian army [A] _ crew. _
_ _ I was second maid on Harrah's [C] dream, greater of the line,
Running [G] loads of precious metals [D] to the colony on the [G] high.
I was [A] standing second watch [C] of that most uneventful fight,
When [Em] the tarot chips [Dm] appeared out of [A] the night.
_ _ [Am] _
Well, I thought our fate was settled, [C] for they had us four to one,
[Ab] And you can't fight [G] bloody pirates [Am] when your freighter has no [G] gun.
[A] So we stood by to be [C] boarded by a party yet unseen,
[Gm] When another ship appeared [Am] upon our scene.
_ _ _ _ First I thought she was a pirate, [C] it meant we were all wrong,
[G] Then I thought the fleet had found us, [Am] but the signal [G] wasn't _ strong.
[Am] And our hailing brought no answer, [C] and I felt a sudden dread,
[G] For the stranger's shields were [C] up and [A] glowing _ red.
_ _ _ Now the courage of that single [C] ship was shown by very few,
[G] And I thought none but a [Am] madman would fly her as [G] she flew.
She would [Am] have gunned if she was outnumbered, [C] but a cheer came from our lips,
[G] And she swung to fly her on the [Am] pirate _ _ _ ships.
_ [C] The stranger's [Am] beams were brighter than the beams I'd seen before,
[G] And the stranger's shields were harder [Am] than the harder [G] before.
_ [C] And the battle [Am]
rampaged on her [C] as we watched and [Am] shook our heads,
_ [G] For pirate ships would cut to [Am] bloody _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _
shreds.
_ Just as quickly as it started then, [Ab] the fighting was all done,
[G] But the pirate ships were shattered, [Am] and the stranger [G] ship had won.
She [A] matched a beam lay beside us, [C] and we watched her full of awe,
[G] When she dropped her sheep, and said [A] what we saw.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
There were thirty holes clear through [C] her, and a gash along one side,
[Gm] And we knew that when it happened, [Am] every soul on [Gm] board had died.
[Am] Then she rolled to show her markings, [C] and we read them, and we knew,
[G] The fate of Jane Gunson [Am] and crew.
She [G] was a Christian, and a brave for all [A] her crew. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She turned as if to leave us, [C] but instead began to fade,
[G] Through a hole and then a bulkhead, to [Am] the trouble [G]
thereof made.
[Am] There are twenty men who'll swear [C] with me, the last to slip from view,
[G] Were the bones of Jane Gunson [Am]
and crew.
_ [G] Yet white bones of Jane Gunson [Am]
and crew.
_ _ _ _ There are stories of the Dutchman, Celestine, Burt, and Sue,
[G] There are stories of the [Am] Dutchman, and the lady [G] I've just _ lost,
[C] But the tale that men must let run cold, because I know [Am] that it's true,
[G] Is the tale of Jane Gunson [Am] and crew.
_ [G] Is the tale of Jane Gunson [Am] and crew.
_ [G] There out there, Jane Gunson [D] and his [Am] crew. _ _ _
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