Around The Wild Cape Horn Chords by Ralph Mctell

Tempo:
82.4 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

F#m

E

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ralph McTell - Around the Wild Cape Horn chords
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[D] [F#m] [A]
I was born a land-bound farm boy, and in New [D] England raised
The rippling [A] of the wheat fields, [F#m] well they were my [E] ocean waves
[A] Each cry and call, each rise and fall, [E] of crows across the [D] corn
The seagulls swooping [A] across the [D] bow, of the ship I dreamed I'd sail
The [A] bow came o'er, [F#m]
[A] my deck was the dusty farmyard
My mast was the [D] telegraph pole, the wind-blown [A] choir in the telephone
[F#m] Why was the chord heard [E] in my soul?
[A] And it seemed to have been singing, [F#m] since the day that [D] I was born
You're gonna take a trip on a sailing ship, all the way around the Wild Key [A] Horn
[F#m] [A] Well I found that ship in Hamburg, her [E] name it was [D] speaking
The [A] skipper's name was Captain Jers, [F#m] well I never met a man like [A] him
He pulled two [D] men out from the [F#] sea, by the hair in [Em] a raging [D] storm
And he kept that grip on the sailing ship, all the way around the [A] Wild Key Horn
Well the cargo weighed [D] five thousand tons, the ship three thousand more
An acre of sail was up the [F#m] loft, some seventeen stories [E] tall
And we [A] had a pig and a [A] scruffy dog, and a turkey [D] fed on corn
And willing hands to drive around, all the way around [E] the Wild [A] Key Horn
Well [E] it's four hours on and it's four hours off, and you sleep in [D] your wet clothes
The only [A] dry thing on this [F#m] ship is the cargo [E] down below
[A] Eleven thousand miles we sailed, nigh on one [D] hundred dawns
Thirty-two [E] sails on a heaving ship, [D] hauling us [F#m] around the Wild [A] Key Horn
For
[E]
seventeen days we [A] were beconned, then Friday [D] the thirteenth
Sixty-eight [A] great ships were [F#m] lost in the storm of the [E] century
But [A] we blew into the [F#m] Atlantic, on a sunlit sparkling [D] morn
But the turkey got sick so we ate him quick, on the [F#m] way around the [A] Wild Key Horn
[F#m]
[A]
We lost two boys out on that voyage, [F#m] they got washed overboard
Silence [A] from us down below, [F#m] no one [E] could put in words
[A] Two empty bunks to mark the space, [F#m] in our young lives to mourn
[D] [A] Torn between our life and death, [F#m] on the way around the Wild Key [A] Horn
[E] Cause she hit us sort of [Bm] hypnotized, no time to [D] catch our breath
If you want [A] to love your life, [F#m] you have to flirt [E] with death
[A] Sail close to the harness wind, [E] treat all risk with [D] scorn
A farm boy and an [A] un-yoked [D] teen, while they're way [E] around the Wild Key Horn
[F#m]
[A] Mountain waves like [F#m] avalanches crashed upon her [D] decks
The screaming wind [A] ripped ropes and [F#m] spars and tried to [E] have us wrecked
But [A] she rose and fell through foam and swell, [F#m] the sails all ripped and torn
Eight [A] thousand tons tossed like a [D] cork, we made it round the Wild [A] Key Horn
Cause [E] she hit us sort of hypnotized, no time to [D] catch our breath
If you [A] want to love your life, you have to flirt [E] with death
[A] Sail close to the harness wind, [E] treat all risk [D] with scorn
[A] A farm boy and an un-yoked [D] teen, while they're way around [E] the Wild Key Horn
A farm boy and an [A] un-yoked teen, [F#m] while they're way [E] around the Wild [A] Key Horn
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
F#m
123111112
E
2311
F#
134211112
A
1231
D
1321
F#m
123111112
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To learn Ralph Mctell - Around The Wild Cape Horn chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: E, A, F#m, D, A, F#m, A and D. Begin your practice at a relaxed 41 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 82. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: A Major.

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_ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
I was born a land-bound farm boy, and in New [D] England raised
The rippling [A] of the wheat fields, [F#m] well they were my [E] ocean waves
[A] Each cry and call, each rise and fall, [E] of crows across the [D] corn
The seagulls swooping [A] across the [D] bow, of the ship I dreamed I'd sail
The [A] bow came o'er, _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ my deck was the dusty farmyard
My mast was the [D] telegraph pole, the wind-blown [A] choir in the telephone
[F#m] Why was the chord heard [E] in my soul?
[A] And it seemed to have been singing, [F#m] since the day that [D] I was born
You're gonna take a trip on a sailing ship, all the way around the Wild Key [A] Horn _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ Well I found that ship in Hamburg, her [E] name it was [D] speaking
The [A] skipper's name was Captain Jers, [F#m] well I never met a man like [A] him
He pulled two [D] men out from the [F#] sea, by the hair in [Em] a raging [D] storm
And he kept that grip on the sailing ship, all the way around the [A] Wild Key Horn _
Well the cargo weighed [D] five thousand tons, the ship three thousand more
An acre of sail was up the [F#m] loft, some seventeen stories [E] tall
And we [A] had a pig and a [A] scruffy dog, and a turkey [D] fed on corn
And willing hands to drive around, all the way around [E] the Wild [A] Key Horn
_ Well [E] it's four hours on and it's four hours off, and you sleep in [D] your wet clothes
The only [A] dry thing on this [F#m] ship is the cargo [E] down below
[A] Eleven thousand miles we sailed, nigh on one [D] hundred dawns
_ _ Thirty-two [E] sails on a heaving ship, [D] hauling us [F#m] around the Wild [A] Key Horn
For _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
seventeen days we [A] were beconned, then Friday [D] the thirteenth
Sixty-eight [A] great ships were [F#m] lost in the storm of the [E] century
But [A] we blew into the [F#m] Atlantic, on a sunlit sparkling [D] morn
But the turkey got sick so we ate him quick, on the [F#m] way around the [A] Wild Key Horn
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
We lost two boys out on that voyage, [F#m] they got washed overboard
Silence [A] from us down below, [F#m] no one [E] could put in words
[A] Two empty bunks to mark the space, [F#m] in our young lives to mourn
[D] _ _ [A] Torn between our life and death, [F#m] on the way around the Wild Key [A] Horn _
[E] Cause she hit us sort of [Bm] hypnotized, no time to [D] catch our breath
If you want [A] to love your life, [F#m] you have to flirt [E] with death
[A] Sail close to the harness wind, [E] treat all risk with [D] scorn
A farm boy and an [A] un-yoked [D] teen, while they're way [E] around the Wild Key Horn
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ Mountain waves like [F#m] avalanches crashed upon her [D] decks
The screaming wind [A] ripped ropes and [F#m] spars and tried to [E] have us wrecked
But [A] she rose and fell through foam and swell, [F#m] the sails all ripped and torn
_ Eight [A] thousand tons tossed like a [D] cork, we made it round the Wild [A] Key Horn
Cause [E] she hit us sort of hypnotized, no time to [D] catch our breath
If you [A] want to love your life, you have to flirt [E] with death
[A] Sail close to the harness wind, [E] treat all risk [D] with scorn
_ [A] A farm boy and an un-yoked [D] teen, while they're way around [E] the Wild Key Horn
_ A farm boy and an [A] un-yoked teen, [F#m] while they're way [E] around the Wild [A] Key Horn
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Somewhere Down the Road album.

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