{"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":1675317,"song":"Captain Albert Alexander","artist":"Steam Powered Giraffe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11350228-captain-albert-alexander-chords-by-steam-powered-giraffe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1675317?type=chord","rating":4.45706,"votes":19,"content":"[tab] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhen he was a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nhe wanted to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\ndown by the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt age thirteen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\neveryday after school[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nhe would always sail around the lake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the people would stand and stare[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nas he sailed around with precision and care[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith his bi-corner hat and the way he would stand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nhe looked just like a Navy man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nAll the townsfolk would gather and say, and sing away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nCaptain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nHe'll be a brave seafarer someday[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nBut that Captain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nHe'll go down in the waves[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nby age twenty four[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nhe had left the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nand was sailing for the Queen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a dark starry night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAlbert awoke to the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nof his Captain screaming as he was drowned[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe navy crew was taking a lick[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\npirates had invaded the ship[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Albert with one aimed harpoon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nignited their rum with a spark and soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nflames from the pirates away, the navy sang[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nCaptain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nsaved his crew from slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nBut that Captain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nHe'll go down in the water[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow everyone dance\r\nDance. Dance.\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] \r\ntwenty some odd years later[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\non his ship the sea slater[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhe sailed into a mass of blubber[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ngazing up to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nstood a large walbus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nthat was a hundred stories high, it meant no harm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe walrus was in a great deal of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nit suffered from a tusk with tooth decay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlbert threw his anchor round it’s tusk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nwith a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nthe walrus thanked albert and sang, as he sailed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nCaptain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nfriend to sea urchin and me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nBut that Captain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nHe'll go down in the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n E/7 Am\r\nAt a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky\r\n E/7 Am\r\nand split Albert's vessel in two\r\n E/7 Am \r\nOne hundred men fled for their lives\r\n E/7 Am\r\non rafts across the ocean blue\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nAlbert stood at the stern of his ship[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nA giant octopus had him in it's grip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nA vortex of spiraling death below ripped[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nand sharks and electric eels all made the trip [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto see Albert[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nsink to the bottom of the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nJust before he went down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhe called out to his crew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nIt's obvious that my time has come[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nI'll let this ending ensue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nI've led an exciting nautical life it would seem[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nand there's no better end than a death by the sea[/tab]\r\nHis crew sang\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nCaptain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhe went down in the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nBut that Captain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhe’ll go down in history [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nthat Captain Albert Alexander[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nhe went down in the sea[/tab]","plain_text":"Now everyone dance\nDance. Dance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n E/7 Am\nAt a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky\n E/7 Am\nand split Albert's vessel in two\n E/7 Am \nOne hundred men fled for their lives\n E/7 Am\non rafts across the ocean blue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis crew sang","chords":["C","E7","Am","F/C","G","E","A"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}