Chords for The Day Of The Clipper

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_ [Bb] You can see the squares of canvas [Eb] dancing [F] over [Bb] the horizon,
You can hear the shanty wailing [F] to the heaving of the men.
[Eb] You can feel the [F] seas up to your [Bb] knees, and you know the [Eb] sea is rising,
[Bb] And you know that the first day has come [F] _ _ _ _
again.
[Bb] Then the men on high, the bows in [Eb] stride, commands a [Bb] killing strain,
_ Till every _ mother's son begins to [F] pray. _ _
_ _ [Eb] With a hearty shout [F] she comes about [Bb] as she heads into [Eb] the rain,
[Bb] And the ship has never [F] _
seen a better [Bb] _ _ _ _
day.
_ _ [F] Sailing ships and sailing men [Eb] will [Bb] sail the open waters,
[Eb] Where the only [Bb] thing that matters _ [C] is the wind inside [F] the main.
[Eb] So all you loving [F]
mothers _ keep your eyes upon [Eb] your daughters,
For [Dm] the sails will [Bb] mend their [C] tappers, and [F] the mast will [Bb] rise _ again.
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Wooden beams and human dreams [Eb] are all [F] that make [Bb] her go,
And the magic of the wind upon [F] her sail.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] We'd rather fight [F] the weather than [Bb] the fishes down [Eb] below,
_ [Bb] God help us, say, if the rigging ever [F] _
fails.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] As a timber creaks, the captain speaks, [Eb]
above [F] the vessels [Bb] _ groans,
Till every soul on board can hear [F] the _ _ _ call.
_ [Eb] It's nothing [F] but the singing _ [Bb] of the ship inside [Eb] her _ bowls,
[Bb] And this is when [F] she likes it best [Bb] of _ _ _ all.
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Sailing ships and sailing men [Cm] will sail the [Bb] open waters,
Where [Eb] the only [Dm] thing that matters _ [C] is the wind inside [F] the main.
[Eb] So all you loving [F] mothers _ [Bb] keep your eyes upon [Eb] your daughters,
[Dm] For the sails will [Bb] mend their tappers, and [F] the mast will [Bb] rise _ _ _ _ again.
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_ _ [Bb] Where the current goes, the tapper's nose [Eb] is ploughing [F] fields [Bb] of green,
_ Where fortune takes the cruise, we wish [F] them _ well. _
_ _ [Eb] Where men could be [F] when lost at sea [Bb] is somewhere in [Eb]
between,
_ [Bb] The regions of a heaven _ [F] and a _ _ _ _ hell.
[Bb] There's sailing eastern _ harbors and the [F] _ California _ shore,
If you set your mind to see them, then [F] you _ _ _ _ can.
[Eb] As you count each mast, [F] oh, sailing past [Bb] your broader land [Eb] _
before,
[Bb] Then you know that the [F] first day has [Bb] come _ _ _ again.
_ _ [F] _ Sailing ships and sailing men [D] will sail the [Bb] open waters,
[Eb] Where the only [Dm] thing that matters [C] is the wind _ [F] inside the main.
_ [Eb] So all you [F] loving mothers keep your eyes upon [Eb] your daughters,
[Dm] For the sails will [Bb] mend their tappers, [F] and the mast will [Bb] rise _ again.
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Sailing ships and sailing [Eb] men will sail the [Bb] open waters,
_ [Eb] Where the only [Bb] thing that [D] matters is [C] the wind [F] inside the main.
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So all you [F] loving mothers keep [Bb] your eyes upon your [Eb] daughters,
[Dm] For the sails [Bb] will mend their tappers, [F] and the mast will [Bb] rise again. _ _
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