Chords for Steep Canyon Rangers - Call the Captain

Tempo:
62 bpm
Chords used:

B

C#m

E

Em

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Steep Canyon Rangers - Call the Captain chords
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[B]
[D] [G]
[E] [G]
[A] [Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D] [Em]
[D] [A] [Em]
[Bm] Wow!
[Em] [C] [Em]
[F] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[A] [B] [Em]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[Am] [A] [Am] [Bm] [B]
[Bm] [G] [E]
[C#m] [B]
[C#m] [E] [B] [C#m] [B]
[E] Call up the [F#] captain tell him I [D#m] ain't coming in.
[E] He can dig his own [C#m] coal, something else is happening.
This [B] living that I'm [C#m] making is due and received.
[B]
He's broken the lives of too [E] many good men.
Been [C#m] hauling coal since I was big enough to [E] fight.
Some thirty-odd [B] ships without [C#m] a glimpse of daylight.
The corporation [B] likes to say [E] that everything's alright.
[B] So dig yourself a hole, get out of sight.
[E] There's a dark [B] cloud above me, [C#m] it's blocking the sun.
[E] Burn another [B] hunk of coal, [C#m] listen to the engines [E] run.
One [G#m] half is [C#m] starving while the other's having fun.
[B] So call the captain, call the captain, call the [E] captain.
[B] [C#m]
[E] [B] [C#m] [E] [B] [C#m]
[B] [E] [B] [C#m] In the [B] closing door, I ain't going down to [C#m] the mine.
And today I want clear blue skies [B] and a whole lot more.
I ain't going down to [C#m] the mine.
[E] There's a hole in this bucket [C#m] I've been carrying around.
[E] I fill it up [B] to the top, [C#m] watch it spill on the ground.
[E] Go [B] down in the mines [C#m] and when I come back out
[B] I got nothing to show but the sweat on my [E] brow.
[B] And these hills [C#m] are my own flesh and [E] bones.
They're all [B] that I've loved [C#m] and they're all that I've known.
[G#m] So please don't ask [F#m] me to destroy my home.
[B] I'm not gonna choose between my heart and my soul.
[E] So [G#m] call up the captain, [C#m] tell him I ain't coming in.
[E] He can dig his [B] own coal, [C#m] something else is happening.
[E] This living [B] that I'm making [C#m] is giving me sin.
[B] So call the captain, call the captain, call the [E] captain.
[B] [C#m] [E] [B] [C#m]
[B] [C#m] [B]
[E] [B] [C#m] In the [B] closing door, I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
And today I want clear blue [B] skies and a whole lot more.
I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
Hear the whistle blow this morning.
[E] [G#m] Hear the whistle [C#m] blow today.
[E] [B] Hear the whistle [C#m] blow this morning.
[B] [C#m] [B] In the closing door, I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
And today I want clear blue [B] skies and a whole lot more.
I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
[B] I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
[B] I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
[B] [C#m] [B]
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
[B] [Em] [G#] [C#]
[C#m] [C#]
Key:  
B
12341112
C#m
13421114
E
2311
Em
121
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
C#m
13421114
E
2311
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
[Bm] Wow!
_ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] Call up the [F#] captain tell him I [D#m] ain't coming in.
[E] He can dig his own [C#m] coal, something else is happening.
This [B] living that I'm [C#m] making is due and received.
[B]
He's broken the lives of too [E] many good men.
Been [C#m] hauling coal since I was big enough to [E] fight.
Some thirty-odd [B] ships without [C#m] a glimpse of daylight.
The corporation [B] likes to say [E] that everything's alright.
[B] So dig yourself a hole, get out of sight.
[E] There's a dark [B] cloud above me, [C#m] it's blocking the sun.
[E] Burn another [B] hunk of coal, [C#m] listen to the engines [E] run.
One [G#m] half is [C#m] starving while the other's having fun.
[B] So call the captain, call the captain, call the [E] captain.
[B] _ [C#m] _ _
[E] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] [C#m] In the [B] closing door, I ain't going down to [C#m] the mine.
And today I want clear blue skies [B] and a whole lot more.
I ain't going down to [C#m] the mine. _ _
[E] There's a hole in this bucket [C#m] I've been carrying around.
[E] I fill it up [B] to the top, [C#m] watch it spill on the ground.
[E] Go [B] down in the mines [C#m] and when I come back out
[B] I got nothing to show but the sweat on my [E] brow.
[B] And these hills [C#m] are my own flesh and [E] bones.
They're all [B] that I've loved [C#m] and they're all that I've known.
[G#m] So please don't ask [F#m] me to destroy my home.
[B] I'm not gonna choose between my heart and my soul.
[E] So [G#m] call up the captain, [C#m] tell him I ain't coming in.
[E] He can dig his [B] own coal, [C#m] something else is happening.
[E] This living [B] that I'm making [C#m] is giving me sin.
[B] So call the captain, call the captain, call the [E] captain.
[B] _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [C#m] _
_ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] [C#m] In the [B] closing door, I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
And today I want clear blue [B] skies and a whole lot more.
I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
_ _ _ Hear the whistle blow this morning.
[E] [G#m] Hear the whistle [C#m] blow today.
_ [E] [B] Hear the whistle [C#m] blow this morning.
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] In the closing door, I ain't going down [C#m] to the mine.
And today I want clear blue [B] skies and a whole lot more.
I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
[B] I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
[B] I ain't going [C#m] down to the mine.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _

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