{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1491872,"song":"A Sailors Prayer","artist":"Rod MacDonald","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11272833-a-sailors-prayer-chords-by-rod-macdonald/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1491872?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":7,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough my sails be torn and tattered,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the mast be turned about,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet the night wind chill me to my very soul;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough the spray might sting my eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the stars no light provide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive me just another morning light to hold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not lie me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis rain a-ragin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not lie me down in such a storm;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if this night be unblessed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI shall not take my rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill I reach another shore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough the only water left,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs but salt to wound my thirst,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will drink the rain that falls so steady down;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though night's blindness be my gift,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there be thieves upon my drift,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will praise this fog that shelters me along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not lie me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis rain a-ragin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not lie me down in such a storm;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if this night be unblessed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI shall not take my rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill I reach another shore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough my mates be drained and weary,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd believe their hopes are lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's no need for their bones on that blackened bottom;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though death waits just off the bow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey shall not answer to him now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe shall stand to face the morning without us.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not lie me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis rain a-ragin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not lie me down in such a storm;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if this night be unblessed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI shall not take my rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill I reach another shore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not lie me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis rain a-ragin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not lie me down in such a storm;[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if this night be unblessed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI shall not take my rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill I reach another shore.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}