Shiver Me Timbers Chords by James Taylor

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_ _ _ _ I'm leaving my [C] family, _ _ [F]
I'm leaving my [Dm] friends, _ _ [F]
my body's [G] at home, but [Gm] my heart's in [C] the wind.
[F] When the clouds are like [C] headlines on [F] a new front page [Dm] sky,
[F] The tears are [G] salt water and the moon's full [F] and high.
I [C] _
_ _ [F] know [G] Martin needed, [F] don't be proud [Dm] of me,
_ [F] And many [G]
before who've [Gm] been called by [C] the sea to [F] be
Up [G] in the crow's nest, [F] a-singin' my [Dm]
say.
_ [F] _ Shiver me [G] timbers, [Gm] I'm a-sailing [F]
away.
_ _ _ [Dm] The fog's lifting [A] and the sand's a-shifting [Dm] and I'm drifting [G] free.
_ [Dm] And old Captain, [G] he _ [F] ain't got nothing on [C] me.
_ _ [Dm]
Come on, swallow [A] me, don't follow [Dm] me, I'll [G] travel alone.
[Dm] Blue water's my [G] daughter, I'm [F] gonna skip like [G] a stone.
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_ _ [F] _ Please [C] call my missus, [F] I tell her I [Dm] cry.
_ _ [F] My goodbye [G] is written [Gm] by the moon in the [D] sky.
_ [F] And nobody here [C] knows me, I [F] can't fathom my [Dm] stay.
_ _ [F] _ Shiver [G] me timbers, I'm a-sailing [F] away.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
The fog's [A] lifting and the sand's a-shifting [Dm] and I'm drifting [G] free.
_ [Dm] _
And old [G] Captain, he ain't [F] got nothing [C] on [Dm] me. _
So swallow [A] me, don't follow me, [Dm]
I'll travel [G] alone.
_ [Dm]
Blue water's [G] my daughter, I'm [F] gonna skip like a stone. _ _
I'm leaving [C] my family, _ _ [F]
I'm leaving [D] my friends.
_ [F] _
My [G] body's at home, but my [Gm] heart's in [C] the wind [F] weather.
The clouds are like headlines on a new front [Dm] page sky.
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Shiver [G] me timbers, [Gm] I'm a-sailing [C] _ _ [F] away.
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