Sea Stories Chords by Sturgill Simpson

_ They said, well just like a papa said, keep [Bb] your mouth shut and you'll be [F] fine.
_ Just another red list today, and I'm both wrong for [C] Sam's beating.
But when [F] you get the damn neck care of hosting your head, [Bb] said my life's no longer mine.
_ Have you read and listened, they said, [F] DSOG, [C] BMF, [F] Sand Eaters.
_ _ _ _ _ They're sitting out on them high seats, [Bb] feels just like a being [F] born. _
But that first port call in Thailand, feels like a Polly walk turning [C] 19. _
_ [F] They got king cobras fighting in boxing rings [Bb] and all the angels playing [F] connect four.
_ It seems like a sailor's paradise, [C] but turns out to be [F] a bad dream. _ _ _ _
_ Then I hit the ground running in Tokyo [Bb] from Kawasaki to [F] Ebisu.
_ _ Yokosuka, Yokohama, Shenzhen, Yakusha, Buya, Roppongi and [C] Rajikon.
_ _ [F] I'm a Busan, Kohang, Patiala, [Bb] Phuket, Singapore, [F] Kuala Lumpur.
[Bb] Sitting down near the whole damn [C] world from the inside [F] of a ball.
[Bb] I got sea stories, [F] they're not true.
_ Might seem a little bit buffish, [C] but when I like you.
[Bb] Memories will make forever stay, [F] still got the salt running through my veins.
I got sea [C] stories, and [F] Michelle back too.
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_ _ Sometimes I rinse in the ship off [Bb] course, the horizon [F] gets so hazy.
Maybe getting high, play a little gold tonight, at old [C] 64.
_ _ [F] And if you get sick and can't manage to [Bb] kick and get yourself kicked out of the nappy.
Spend _ _ [F] the next year trying to score, from [Bb] a full grown life rest on the floor.
[F] And the next 15, gotta figure [C] out what the hell you [F] did that for.
_ So what have we started for [C] lies in an [F] apologist's world? _ _ _ _