Chords for The Jolly Rogers - XXV: The Flying Dutchman

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The sky was gray and cloudy and the wind was from the west.
When we spied a battered frigate with her tattered sailful dress.
[G] They signaled [Gm] they had letters home, they asked if we could take.
[Dm] They dropped them in a barrel, they left bobbing in their wake. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We reefed the sails and slowed the [A] ship to fish the barrel out.
The old ship sailed to the distance, then we saw her come about.
[Gm] The captain watched through his spyglass when we heard him catch his breath.
[Dm] And we saw the storm up through and had become a wall of death.
[A] Turn the ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run.
[A] That storm, it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned.
[D] But of the ship that's out there, [G] do we leave her to the gale?
[D] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's [E] race that fills her [Dm] sails.
The _ _ _ _ _ _ thunder growled like demons and the lightning stabbed the waves.
And the Dutchman, she leapt toward us riding fury from the grave.
[G] Our captain, [Gm] he stayed at the wheel, the crew, they manned the lines.
[Dm] And still that ship and storm were quickly closing in behind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Our ship would crest a giant wave and crash to the trough below.
And the crew held on to what they could, they were damned if they let go.
[Gm] The rain and sea and storm winds crashed against our ship with wrath.
[A] And from the deck of that cursed ship, we could hear them laugh.
Turn the ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run.
[E] That storm, it wants a battle and it's [G] sure that we're outgunned.
[Dm] That ghostly [A] ship is hunting [G] us, it's bringing on the gale.
[D] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's race that fills her sails.
_ [Dm] That _ _ _ _ _ was when we sighted land and it came a race with time.
We believed in Santa Marta, the Dutchman closing in behind.
[G] Risk it [Gm] all and Captain Howl, it's the only chance we've got.
[Dm] Salvation if we make it and our souls if we get caught. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The storm was all around us and the Dutchman caught our wind.
The beast nearly capsized us and we washed our strong masked men.
[Gm] We were almost to the harbor, we could see the natural break.
[Dm] And each man wheeled her forward for they knew what was at stake.
[A] Turn the ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run.
[A] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're outgunned.
[D] That ghostly ship is hunting [G] us, it's bringing on the gale.
[E] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's race that fills her sails.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Once we charged into that harbor, the Flying Dutchman heaved away.
And we heard their bitter screams for the devil lost his prey.
[G] Once we made it [Gm] safely to the leeward of the bay.
[Dm] We cracked that barrel open to see what those letters say. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There must have been a hundred and that's when we realized.
These moldy parchments were [A] addressed to those who'd long since died.
[G] If you see a battered [Gm] frigate near the gray and stormy sky.
[A] Give way and watch behind you or you'll hear your captive cry.
Turn the ship around me [G] boys, turn around and run.
[A] That storm, it wants a battle [G] and it's sure that we're outgunned.
[B] That ghostly ship is [G] hunting us, it's bringing [A] on the gale.
[D] She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's race that [Am] fills her sails. _ _ _ _ _ _ _