Chords for Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander

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_ _ _ _ Say, how many of you like the ocean?
Show of hands.
_ [Abm]
It's pretty wet.
Huh?
[Gb] Well, how many of you like fishing?
That's right, nobody.
Because fishing is [Ab] boring.
I don't know, Rabbit.
It can be relaxing for [Gb] some people.
But how many of you [Abm] like fighting skeleton pirates on the back of killer [Eb] whales?
Ah, [Abm] well I know [Eb] a guy who does that for a [Db] living.
Is it me?
No, it's not you, John.
[Ab] You [Eb] don't have your sea legs for such an [Db] endeavor.
Gotta trade in those [Ab] bee legs.
That was a [Gb] pun.
That was a pun?
[Ebm] It's only the greatest sailor that ever set sail.
[Db] Captain Albert [Abm] Alexander.
_ _ [Gb] You [Db] have no idea who he is, do [Abm] you?
Well, let me explain.
[Db] He's kind of like if you took the Hulk [Abm] and the Spider-Man
and somehow [Gb] mutated them together into one entity.
[Abm] _ [Ab] Oh, well I [Gb] love the amazing, incredible Spider-Hulk.
I [Abm] didn't know you could do that.
Yeah, it's called a hybrid.
Well, [Db] Captain Albert Alexander would totally [Abm] beat that guy in an arm wrestling match.
[Gb] Say what?
I'm [Ab] just saying.
[Abm] Say what?
I'm just saying. [Gb] Say what?
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ When he was a boy,
he wanted to play
_ _ [Dbm] down by [A] the sea.
At [E] age thirteen,
_ every day [Ab] after school,
_ _ [Dbm] he would [A] always sail
[E] around the lake.
All the people would stand and [Ab] stare
as he sailed around with precision in [E] gear.
Despite all the hat and the weight,
he would [Ab] stand and look just like a navy [Dbm] man.
All the townsfolk would gather [A] and say
and [E] sing the way Captain Albert [A] _ _ [Dbm] Alexander.
[B] He'd be a brave seafarer [A] someday.
He'd be _ [E] the Captain Albert [A] _ _ Alexander.
[B] He'd go down in [A] the _ waves.
By [E] age twenty-four,
he'd [Abm] left the [Ab] shore
_ [E] and was sailing for [A] the Queen.
On [E] a dark, starry night,
Albert [Ab] awoke to the sound
[E] of his captain screaming [A] as he was drowned.
_ [Eb] [E] The navy crew was taking a [Ab] lick.
A pirate's sadly invaded the [E] ship.
But Albert, with one aimed [Ab] harpoon,
ignited their rum with a spark and [Dbm] soon
flames drove the pirates [E] [A] away.
The [E] navy sang Captain Albert [A] _ _ [Dbm] Alexander.
[B] Saved his crew from [A] pirate slaughter.
[E] But that Captain Albert Alexander,
[Dbm] _ [B] he'd go down in [A] the water.
Now [E] everyone dance, [Ab] dance, [Dbm] dance.
Dance, dance, dance.
[E] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dbm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Twenty [E]-some odd years later,
on a [Ab] ship that ceased later,
_ [Dbm] he sailed into a [A] massive _ blubber.
[E] Gazing up to the sky,
stood [Ab] a large walrus.
_ [Dbm] That was a hundred stories high.
[A] _ [E] It meant no harm,
the walrus was in [Abm] a great deal of pain.
It suffered from a tusk [E] with tooth decay.
How the crew is sank [Abm] around its tusk.
With [Ab] a little bit of pulling,
it [Dbm] was out by dusk.
The walrus thanked Albert and [A] sang.
[E] As he sailed away,
Captain Albert [A] _ [Dbm] Alexander,
_ [B] friend to sea [B] urchin [A] and me.
[E] But that Captain Albert [A] _ _ [Dbm] Alexander,
[B] he'd go down in [A] the sea.
[Abm] On arrival day,
[A] lightning struck from the sky
[Abm] and split Albert's [A] vessel in two.
[Abm] One hundred men [A] fled for their lives
[Abm] on rafts across the [A] ocean blue.
_ [Dbm] _ Albert stood at the [A] stern of his [Dbm] ship.
A giant octopus had him in its grip.
[Dbm] A vortex of [A] spiraling death billow ripped.
Head shocks and electric eels
all made the trip to sea.
Albert _ [E] sank to the bottom [A] of the sea. _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] Just before he [A] went out,
he called out [A] to his crew. _
[Abm] It's obvious that [A] my time has come.
[Abm] I'll let this [A] ending ensue. _ _
[Abm] I've lived an exciting [A] nautical life,
it would seem.
[Abm] And there's no better end
than a death by the sea.
His [E] crew say, _ _
Captain _ Albert [A] Alexander, _ _
_ _ he [B] went down in _ [A] the sea. _ _ _
[E] But that _ Captain Albert _ [A] Alexander,
_ _ _ he'll [B] go down in _ history.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] Aw, up there there, John.
Don't cry, it's just a story.
A real story.
[E] That Captain Albert [Dbm] Alexander, _
[B] he went down _ _ in [E] the [A] sea.
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