Shiver Me Timbers Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
104.9 bpm
Chords used:
F#
D#m
G#
B
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#]
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#]
[G#] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [F#]
I'm leaving my [B] family, [F#] I'm leaving my [D#m] friends, [F#] my body's at [G#] home, but [G#m] my heart's in [F#m] the wind
[C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m]
sky.
[F#] Tears are [G#] salt water and [G#m] the moon's [F#] full and [B] high.
[F#] And I know [B] Martin Eden [F#] is gonna be proud of [D#m] me.
[F#]
Many [G#] before me [G#m] have been called by [D#] the sea [C#] [F#] to be up in the [B] crow's nest, [F#]
singing [D#m] my say,
[F#]
[G#] shiver me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [F#] away.
[D#m] The fog's lifting and [D] the sand's shifting and [G#] I'm drifting on out.
Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven ain't got [F#] nothing [C#] on me.
[D#m] So come on and swallow me, [D]
don't follow me.
[F#m] I'll travel [G#]
along [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[B]
[F#] [D#m]
[F#] [G#]
[G#m] [C#] [F#]
[B] [F#]
Please call [B] my missus, [F#]
tell her [D#m] not to cry.
[F#]
My goodbye [G#] is written by the [B] moon in [F#m] the sky [C#] and [F#] nobody [G#m] knows me.
[F#] I can't fathom [D#m] my staying.
[F#]
Shiver [G#] me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [C#] [F#] away.
[D#m] And the fog's lifting [D] and the sand's shifting [C#] and I'm drifting [G#] on out.
Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven [F#] ain't got nothing on me.
So [D#m] come on and swallow me, [D] don't follow me.
[F#m] [G#] Travel alone, [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[C#] [F#] And I'm leaving my [G#m] family, [F#] leaving my [D#m]
friends, [F#] my bodies at [G#] home.
But my [G#m] heart's in [C#] the [D#] wind [C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m] sky.
[F#] Shiver [G#] me timbers, I'm [G#m] a sailing [F#]
[C#] [F#] away.
[B] [F#] [D#m]
[F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#]
[G#] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [F#]
I'm leaving my [B] family, [F#] I'm leaving my [D#m] friends, [F#] my body's at [G#] home, but [G#m] my heart's in [F#m] the wind
[C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m]
sky.
[F#] Tears are [G#] salt water and [G#m] the moon's [F#] full and [B] high.
[F#] And I know [B] Martin Eden [F#] is gonna be proud of [D#m] me.
[F#]
Many [G#] before me [G#m] have been called by [D#] the sea [C#] [F#] to be up in the [B] crow's nest, [F#]
singing [D#m] my say,
[F#]
[G#] shiver me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [F#] away.
[D#m] The fog's lifting and [D] the sand's shifting and [G#] I'm drifting on out.
Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven ain't got [F#] nothing [C#] on me.
[D#m] So come on and swallow me, [D]
don't follow me.
[F#m] I'll travel [G#]
along [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[B]
[F#] [D#m]
[F#] [G#]
[G#m] [C#] [F#]
[B] [F#]
Please call [B] my missus, [F#]
tell her [D#m] not to cry.
[F#]
My goodbye [G#] is written by the [B] moon in [F#m] the sky [C#] and [F#] nobody [G#m] knows me.
[F#] I can't fathom [D#m] my staying.
[F#]
Shiver [G#] me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [C#] [F#] away.
[D#m] And the fog's lifting [D] and the sand's shifting [C#] and I'm drifting [G#] on out.
Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven [F#] ain't got nothing on me.
So [D#m] come on and swallow me, [D] don't follow me.
[F#m] [G#] Travel alone, [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[C#] [F#] And I'm leaving my [G#m] family, [F#] leaving my [D#m]
friends, [F#] my bodies at [G#] home.
But my [G#m] heart's in [C#] the [D#] wind [C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m] sky.
[F#] Shiver [G#] me timbers, I'm [G#m] a sailing [F#]
[C#] [F#] away.
[B] [F#] [D#m]
[F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
Key:
F#
D#m
G#
B
C#
F#
D#m
G#
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
_ I'm leaving my [B] family, _ [F#] I'm leaving my [D#m] friends, _ [F#] my body's at [G#] home, but [G#m] my heart's in [F#m] the wind
[C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m]
sky.
_ [F#] Tears are [G#] salt water and [G#m] the moon's [F#] full and [B] high.
[F#] And _ I know _ [B] Martin Eden [F#] is gonna be proud of [D#m] me.
_ [F#]
Many _ [G#] before me [G#m] have been called by [D#] the sea [C#] [F#] to be up in the [B] crow's nest, _ [F#]
singing [D#m] my say,
_ [F#] _
_ [G#] shiver me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [F#] away. _ _
_ _ [D#m] The fog's lifting and [D] the sand's shifting and [G#] I'm drifting on out.
_ Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven ain't got [F#] nothing [C#] on me.
[D#m] So come on and swallow me, [D]
don't follow me.
[F#m] I'll travel _ [G#]
along [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
Please call [B] my missus, _ [F#]
tell her [D#m] not to cry.
[F#]
My goodbye [G#] is written by the [B] moon in [F#m] the sky [C#] and [F#] nobody [G#m] knows me.
[F#] I can't fathom [D#m] my staying.
[F#] _
Shiver [G#] me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [C#] _ [F#] away. _ _
_ [D#m] And the fog's lifting [D] and the sand's shifting [C#] and I'm drifting [G#] on out.
_ Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven [F#] ain't got nothing on me.
So [D#m] come on and swallow me, [D] don't follow me.
[F#m] _ _ [G#] Travel alone, [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[C#] [F#] And I'm leaving my [G#m] family, _ _ [F#] leaving my [D#m]
friends, [F#] my bodies at [G#] home.
But my [G#m] heart's in [C#] the [D#] wind [C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m] sky.
_ _ [F#] Shiver [G#] me timbers, I'm [G#m] a sailing _ [F#] _
_ [C#] [F#] away.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
_ I'm leaving my [B] family, _ [F#] I'm leaving my [D#m] friends, _ [F#] my body's at [G#] home, but [G#m] my heart's in [F#m] the wind
[C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m]
sky.
_ [F#] Tears are [G#] salt water and [G#m] the moon's [F#] full and [B] high.
[F#] And _ I know _ [B] Martin Eden [F#] is gonna be proud of [D#m] me.
_ [F#]
Many _ [G#] before me [G#m] have been called by [D#] the sea [C#] [F#] to be up in the [B] crow's nest, _ [F#]
singing [D#m] my say,
_ [F#] _
_ [G#] shiver me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [F#] away. _ _
_ _ [D#m] The fog's lifting and [D] the sand's shifting and [G#] I'm drifting on out.
_ Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven ain't got [F#] nothing [C#] on me.
[D#m] So come on and swallow me, [D]
don't follow me.
[F#m] I'll travel _ [G#]
along [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
Please call [B] my missus, _ [F#]
tell her [D#m] not to cry.
[F#]
My goodbye [G#] is written by the [B] moon in [F#m] the sky [C#] and [F#] nobody [G#m] knows me.
[F#] I can't fathom [D#m] my staying.
[F#] _
Shiver [G#] me timbers, [G#m] I'm a sailing [C#] _ [F#] away. _ _
_ [D#m] And the fog's lifting [D] and the sand's shifting [C#] and I'm drifting [G#] on out.
_ Oh, [D#m] Captain, heaven [F#] ain't got nothing on me.
So [D#m] come on and swallow me, [D] don't follow me.
[F#m] _ _ [G#] Travel alone, [D#m] blue waters, my daughter, [F#] and I'm skipping like a stone.
[C#] [F#] And I'm leaving my [G#m] family, _ _ [F#] leaving my [D#m]
friends, [F#] my bodies at [G#] home.
But my [G#m] heart's in [C#] the [D#] wind [C#] where [F#] the clouds are like [B]
headlines [F#] on a new front page [D#m] sky.
_ _ [F#] Shiver [G#] me timbers, I'm [G#m] a sailing _ [F#] _
_ [C#] [F#] away.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
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