White Squall Chords by Stan Rogers

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[A] _ _ _ _ Now it's just my luck to have the watch [F#] with nothing [D] left to do
[E] Watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the Sioux
_ Wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail
Whirl off one more youngster in the [A] gale
_ _ The kid was so damn eager
_ [F#m] It was all so big and [D] new
_ [C#m] Never had to tell him [F#m] twice but find him work [E] to do
_ _ [A] Evenings on the mess deck [F#m] he was always first [D] to sing
[C#m] Showers pictures [E] of the girl he'd read in [A] spring _
But [E] I told that kid a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes [C#m] for granted
[D] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they seem [E] enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl [F#m] I'm staring [D] at the wall
[C#m] And her lovers gone [E] into a [A] white squall
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_ _ _ Now it's a thing that us [C#m] old-timers know [F#m] in a sultry summer [D] calm
[C#m]
Comes a blow from nowhere, and [F#m] it goes off [E] like a bomb
[A] And a fifteen thousand tonner [F#m] can be thrown upon [D] her being
[C#m] While the gale takes [E] all before it with [A] a scream
_ _ The kid was on the hatches [F#m] lying staring at the [D] sky
[C#m] Where I stood I swear could [F#m] see tears fall [E] from his eyes
[A] So I hadn't the heart to tell him that he [F#] should be on a [D] line
_ [C#m]
Even [E] on a night so [A] warm and fine _
_ [E] But I told that kid a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes [C#m] for granted
_ [D] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl [F#m] I'm staring [D] at the wall
[C#m] And her lovers gone [E] into a [A] white squall
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_ _ _ When it struck he sat up with a start [F#m] I roar to [D] him get down
[C#m] But for all that he could hear I [F#m] could as well not [E] made a sound
So [A] I come there to the stanchions [F#m] and I felt my face [D] go pale
[C#m] As he crawled hand [E] over hand [A] along the rail
_ _ Now I could feel her healing over
_ [F#] With the fury [D] of the blow I [C#m] watched the rail go under then so [F#m]
terrible and slow
[E] Then [A] like some great dog she shook herself [F#m] and brought upright [D] again
[E] Our older side I heard him
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But [E] I told that kid a [D] hundred times don't take the [C#m] lakes for granted
[D] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred [F#m] knots so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A]
tonight some red-eyed wired and girl I'm staring at [D] the wall
And [C#m] her lovers gone [E] into a white squall
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_ _ _ So it's just my luck to have the watch [F#] with nothing to [D] do
_ [C#m]
Watch the deadly waters [E] glide as we roll north to the soul
_ [A] Wonder when they'll turn again [F#] and pitch us to the [D] rail
_ [C#m] Whirl off one [E] more youngster in the gale
[A] _ _ And [E] I tell these kids a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes for [C#m] granted
_ [Dm] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl I'm [F#m] staring [D] at the wall _
_ And [C#m] her lovers gone [E] into a [A] white squall
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