Eldarevalsen Chords by Stanley Holmer

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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] When I started _ sailing to the sea in a machine, I was trimming [A#] on Eileen [E] _ Alana _ _
Because I left a _ trolley in _ [Bm] _
[E] Aberdeen and got the chance to patch [A] up with Samma
[E] _ _
[A] We were six men on the dock and two in each box, [B] it was charcoal boxes as big [E] as a house _
And most of us went [B] with [Cm] charcoal and [G#] coke [A] from _ [E] Sanderland to [A] Santa Cruz _ _
[D] The food was bad, _ _ but the boss was good, [F#m] so we kept [A] the steam [D] on top _ _ _
And we got a whiskey every fourteenth [Bm] day, [E] it's good for _ [A] the body _ _ _
[Em] It's a real [A] _
whiskey [F#] my boys, so [Bm] he said, _ [E] and then several of his mates [A] drank
_ _ And [D] then he sang a song that [F#] started [B] like this, I [Em] was born by [A] the side of [D] the sea _ _
It was hard at the time, we went six at six, [A] and sometimes [Em] we went four [D] at four _ _
And you get tired of tea bottles, cans and cookies, [E] where you sail for two pounds [A] in rent _
So [Em] I managed [A] _
to get [D] to Newcastle on Tyne, although [G] the city [D] was boring [E] and ugly
[A] _ _
[D] But there I got a rent with _ Stevenson Line, and [A] in Spain we celebrate [D] _ Christmas _ _
[A] The boat's name was Bermuda, on five thousand tons, with six _ [A#] fours and cramped with [E] landscapes _ _
And I said, while I stood there with the sleigh in motion, it's a pity, punishment boys, [A] that we [D#] got caught
[E] _ _
[A] Our coal was like snus or fine-grounded herb, [B] we had to drag and straighten [E] in one _ _
We had to hit _ _ _ [A] the guard twice in the [G#] end, and [A] we lived [E] in ash [A] and sweat _ _
[D] Yes, it _ can't be either stupid or lazy [A] to stand on a fire door [D] and light _ it
And in [F#m] the end you get [Bm] _ internal hatred [E] to sailors who can't [A] steer _ _
Yes, [Em] it was a joke, and [A] we had to laugh [F#] and throw [Bm] in one, [E] and we promised our gang a [A] day _ _ _
[D] Because on the fire door there was a drill, _ _ [E] _ [B] and we _
_ [Em] _ trampled [A] in a glowing [D] _ _ _ slag
In Valencia we got a load of orange, [A] but the load [Em] had to leave [D] me
_ _ Because I smelt with my sea sack and my _ mandolin, [E] I was tired and unhappy [A] without
_ [F#m] _
I [Em] was thin like [A] a straight leaf, [D] a _ rigged and fine, and [G] a woman [D] who sang on [E] a bar
_ [A] _ _
[D] Gave me up with chicken and three kinds of wine, yes, [A] that girl was _ [D] unusually rare _
I [A] have sailed with British and Yankees and all, yes, with Germans, [A#] yes, with [E] Portuguese _ _ _ _
It was terrible when you went without rent and bail, and got smeared by the police of [F#]
Antwerp
[A] _ [D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[A] But the worst was probably when we [D] had _ [A] cleaned [B] in the steamers down [E] in _ Bordeaux _
Because I fell asleep in [G#] the boiler [B] and noticed too [G#] late that [A] the screws [E] were on the [A] hatches _ _ _ _
[D] Yes, I woke up when the water was on the sink and [A] the comrades _ burned [D] it under _
It was pitch black [F#m] in the boiler [Bm] and the water was steaming, [E] so I fled _ up [A] in the water _ _
[Em] But it was [A] just up, [F#] there was the hatch [Bm] on, [E] and I thought, now it's [A] probably _ _ stupid
[D] Charlie Barr, that you read quickly, _ [C] _ _ [B] our father [Em] is older, [A] _
here [D] you will be cooked _
As I read [F#m] my prayer [Bm] I heard [D] a sound, [A] it was someone _ up there [D] knocking _ _ _
And then _ someone opened the hatch and screamed, Lord God, [E] here is Charlie still with [A] my hat _ _ _
[Em] It was Don [A] Quijote himself, [D] he was shot, _ yes, [G] and then the hat, [D] yes, it [E] was _ [A] his _
[D] It was the one you were looking for, but still remember _ [A] that it at the same time gave me [D] a chance _ _ _ _ _
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