{"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":1691217,"song":"Old Admirals","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11354930-old-admirals-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1691217?type=chord","rating":4.96304,"votes":29,"content":"Intro\r\n[ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can well recall the first time I ever put to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas on the old Calcutta in eighteen fifty-three[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was just a lad of fourteen years a midshipman to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo make my way in sailing ships[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the royal navy[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the time that I was twenty-one I had sailed the world around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWeathered storms in the China seas with the hatches battened down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd made my way by starlight off the coast of Newfoundland[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd dined on beer and herrings [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the waves blew all around[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge 1\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI live in retirement now[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd through my window comes the sound of seagulls[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd sets my mind remembering[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe evening stars like memories sail far beyond the distant trees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWay out across the open seas I hear them sing[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the wooden ships they turned to iron and the iron ships to steel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd shed their sails like autumn leaves with the turning of the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I was given captain's rank and soon took under me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe proudest ship that ever sailed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor queen and country[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAh the old queen she passed away with the new born century[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I received my calling up to the admiralty[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sands ran through the hourglass each day more rapidly[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs we watched the growing of the fleets[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf High Germany[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge 2\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo at last the Great War blazed [/tab]\r\n\r\nI waited with the passing days\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe call to arms that never came writing letters[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI may be old now in your eyes but all my years have made me wise[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou don't see where the danger lies so call me back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCall me back[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the war it ran it's course they could find no use for me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I live in the country now grandchildren on my knee[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes think in all this world the saddest thing to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nOld admirals who feel the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never put to sea[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 6\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow just like you I've sailed my dreams like ships across the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd some of them have come on rocks and some faced mutiny[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when they're sunken one by one I'll join that company[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld admirals who feel the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never put to sea[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro\nD \n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge 2\n\n\nI waited with the passing days\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 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