White Squall Chords by Stan Rogers

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[A] _ _ _ _ Now it's just my luck to have the [F#m] watch with nothing left [D] to do
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Watch the deadly waters glide [F#m] as we roll north to the [E] Sioux
_ Wonder when they'll turn [F#m] again and pitch us to [D] the rail
[A] Whirl off one [E] more youngster in the [A] gale
_ _ The kid was so damn eager
_ [F#m] It was all so [D] big and new
_ [C#m] Never had to tell him [F#m] twice, I find him work [E] to do
_ _ [A] Evenings on the mess deck he was always first [D] to sing
Show us pictures [E] of the girl he'd wed in [A] spring _
But [E] I told that kid a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes [C#m] for granted
[D] They go from [A] calm to a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl [F#m] I'm staring [D] at the wall
[A] And her lovers gone [E] into a white squall
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_ _ _ Now it's a thing that us old-timers know [F#m] in this old tree summer [D] calm
[C#m] It comes a blow from nowhere, [F#m] and it goes off like a [E] bomb
[A] And the fifteen thousand tonner [F#m] can be thrown upon [D] her being
While [A] the gale [E] takes all before it with [A] a scream
_ The kid was on the hatches lying [F#m] staring at the [D] sky
_ [C#m] Where I stood I swear could [F#m] see tears [E] fall from his eyes
[A] So I hadn't the heart to tell him [F#m] that he should be on [D] a line _ _
[C#m] Even [E] on a night so [A] warm and fine
_ [E] But I told that [Em] kid a hundred times [D] don't take the [C#m] lakes for granted
[D] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred [F#m] knots so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl [F#m] I'm staring at [D] the wall
[C#m] And her lovers [E] gone into a white squall
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_ _ _ When it struck he sat up with a start [F#m] I roar to him [D] get down
[C#m] But for all that he could hear I could [F#m] as well not [E] made a sound
[A] So I come there to the stanchions [F#m] and I felt my [D] face go pale
[C#m] As he crawled [E] hand over hand [A] along the rail
_ _ Now I could feel her healing over
With [F#m] the fury [D] of the blow
[C#m] I watched the rail go under then [F#m] so terrible and [E] slow
Then like [A] some great dog she shook herself and [F#m] roared [D] upright again
[C#m] Our oversight [E] I heard him [A] call me _ _
But [E] I told that kid a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes [C#m] for granted
[D] They go from [C#m] calm to a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they [E] seem enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl [F#m] I'm staring at [D] the wall
[C#m] And her lovers [E] gone into a white squall
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[A] _ _ _ So it's just my luck to have the watch [F#m] with nothing [D] left to do _
[A] Watch the deadly waters glide as [F#m] we roll north to the [E] sew
[A] And wonder [E] when they'll turn [F#m] again and pitch us to the rail
[A] Whirl off one [E] more youngster in the gale
[A] _ _
And I tell these kids [E] a hundred [D] times don't take the lakes for [C#m] granted
They [D] go from calm to [C#m] a hundred knots [F#m] so fast they seem [E] enchanted
But [A] tonight some red-eyed wired and girl I'm staring at [D] the wall
_ _ And [C#m] her lovers gone [E] into a white [C#m] squall
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