Chords for High and Dry (1988 Version)
Tempo:
85.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [G] With [D] a ditty like devotion she sails the bitter ocean
[G] If it wasn't the lovesick sailors they'd be nothing left but [D] flotsam singing
[A] Why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high and [G] dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
She [G]
[D] [G] [D] sails below life bubbles, she'll sip your daily doubles
If [G] she wasn't the fun of the weather she might give you a [D] deckhand's trouble
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
You [D] find your way [A] back home before you [G] die
[D]
[A] One [D] day a sailor older and a pounder couldn't hold her
[G] She took on a fine young skipper who stood her runner up on [D] a boulder
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
[G] [D]
[A] And [D] all the pleasures of a harbour don't include a lady by a boo
[G] If it wasn't the long-jawed sailor all of his pirates would have [D] been murdered
Singing, [A] why, [G] oh my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you die high [G] and dry
Oh, [D] you find your way [A] back home before [D] you die
[N]
[G] If it wasn't the lovesick sailors they'd be nothing left but [D] flotsam singing
[A] Why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high and [G] dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
She [G]
[D] [G] [D] sails below life bubbles, she'll sip your daily doubles
If [G] she wasn't the fun of the weather she might give you a [D] deckhand's trouble
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
You [D] find your way [A] back home before you [G] die
[D]
[A] One [D] day a sailor older and a pounder couldn't hold her
[G] She took on a fine young skipper who stood her runner up on [D] a boulder
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
[G] [D]
[A] And [D] all the pleasures of a harbour don't include a lady by a boo
[G] If it wasn't the long-jawed sailor all of his pirates would have [D] been murdered
Singing, [A] why, [G] oh my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you die high [G] and dry
Oh, [D] you find your way [A] back home before [D] you die
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
D
G
A
D
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] With [D] a ditty like devotion she sails the bitter ocean
[G] If it wasn't the lovesick sailors they'd be nothing left but [D] flotsam singing
[A] Why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high and [G] dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
She [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [D] sails below life bubbles, she'll sip your daily doubles
If [G] she wasn't the fun of the weather she might give you a [D] deckhand's trouble
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
_ You [D] find your way [A] back home before you [G] die
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] One [D] day a sailor older and a pounder couldn't hold her
[G] She took on a fine young skipper who stood her runner up on [D] a boulder
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] And [D] all the pleasures of a harbour don't include a lady by a boo
[G] If it wasn't the long-jawed sailor all of his pirates would have [D] been murdered
Singing, [A] why, [G] oh my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you die high [G] and dry
Oh, [D] you find your way [A] back home before [D] you die _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] With [D] a ditty like devotion she sails the bitter ocean
[G] If it wasn't the lovesick sailors they'd be nothing left but [D] flotsam singing
[A] Why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high and [G] dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die
She [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [D] sails below life bubbles, she'll sip your daily doubles
If [G] she wasn't the fun of the weather she might give you a [D] deckhand's trouble
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
_ You [D] find your way [A] back home before you [G] die
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] One [D] day a sailor older and a pounder couldn't hold her
[G] She took on a fine young skipper who stood her runner up on [D] a boulder
Singing, [A] why, oh [G] my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before you [D] die _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] And [D] all the pleasures of a harbour don't include a lady by a boo
[G] If it wasn't the long-jawed sailor all of his pirates would have [D] been murdered
Singing, [A] why, [G] oh my, is [D] there a better man [G] than I?
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you lie high [G] and dry
[D] You find your way [A] back home before [D] you die high [G] and dry
Oh, [D] you find your way [A] back home before [D] you die _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _