Chords for John Cook

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_ _ _ _ Oh John Cook, you have taken us to hell _ [C]
Locked up in the ice off Baffin Isle _
_ We've been here for a year Now the water's coming clear
Won't you set for home John Cook Without the isle _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] He sailed her out from Gloucester [C] To hunt the [G] mighty whale
A crew of [Em] twenty seasoned whaling [D] men With [C] [G] Slocum at the helm
And me and Drury hauling the [C] sail And the captain shouting [Am] orders [D] at the wind
_ [G] The captain's wife had begged [C] to go And Cook [G] could not deny her
For Annie [C] Cook was sweet and [E] young and fair [D] _
She [C] spent this last [G] year down below
While huddled [Em] near the fire [C] The whaler's [G] lot was more than she could [Am]
[G] bear
[D] Oh [G] John Cook, you have taken us to [Em] hell Locked up [C] in the ice off Baffin [D] Isle
[C] We've been [G] here for a year Now the water's [C] coming clear
[G] Won't you set for home John Cook Without [C] the isle _ _ _ _
[G] With one year gone and one to [C] go We'd less [G] than half the oil
Four hundred [C] barrels filled and in [D] the hold
[C] The [G] captain turned her northward Where he knew he'd find the whale
[C] But instead of whales [Am] we found [D] the bitter _ cold
[G] The Atlantic queen did shudder [C] As she [G] braved the Arctic gales
But her master would not heed the mate's [D] advice
_ [C] Oh captain, [G] turn her southward And damn the [Em] hellish [C] whales
For if you don't [D] we'll soon [G] be trapped in ice
_ _ Oh John Cook, you [C] have [G] taken us to hell [Em] Locked up in the ice [C] off Baffin [G] Isle
[C] We've been here [G] for a year Now the water's coming clear
Won't you set for home John Cook Without [C] the isle _
Soon _ [G] _ the ice stretched all around The proud Atlantic queen
And nine months gone the food [D] began to spoil
[C] The captain [G] faced the foredeck Fortune torn between
[C] His love for [Am] Anne and lusting [G] for the oil
For Annie Cook had begged her [C] John To take her [G] home to Gloucester
For sure it was [C] she'd lose [D] her sanity
_ [G] And the crew of the Atlantic queen Had charged her lord [Em] and master
[C] To hide herself [D] her [G] face a mutiny
_ _ [D] _ [G] Oh John Cook, you have taken us to [Em] hell Locked up in the ice off [G] Baffin [D] Isle
[C] We've been here [G] for a year Now the water's [C] coming clear
[G] Won't you set for home John Cook [C] Without the _ _ _ _ _ isle
[G] But the captain made his choice He'd not return without the isle
His pride was more important [D] than his wife
_ [G] And when there came the mutiny He shot the steward [Em] Boyle
[C] To take the queen they'd have [D] to take his life
[G] _ Two more weeks the ice cleared north We set out the whales to find
We took three [C] beasts before the [D] second day
_ [G] Michael Boyle had lost his life And Annie Cook had lost her mind
[C] And the [G] captain's cold black hair had gone to grey
_ _ Oh John Cook, you have taken us to hell [Em]
Locked up in the ice off [G] Baffin Isle
We've been here for a year Now the water's [C] coming clear
[G] Won't you set for home John Cook Without the isle _ _
[D] Oh [G] John Cook, you have taken us to [Em] hell Locked up in the [G] ice off Baffin Isle
We've been here for a year Now the water's [C] coming _ _ _ _ _ [G] clear
Won't you set for home John Cook Without [C] the isle _ _
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