{"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":2509305,"song":"The Old Figurehead Carver","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510126-the-old-figurehead-carver-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2509305?type=chord","rating":0.0879,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have done my bit of carving[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFigureheads of quaint design[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the Olives and the Ruddocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the famous Black Ball Line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBrigantines and barques and clippers[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBrigs and schooners, lithe and tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the bounding Marco Polo[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas the proudest of them all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can see that white-winged clipper[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nReeling under scudding clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTramping down a hazy skyline[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a Norther in her shrouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can feel her lines of beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSee her flecked with spume and brine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs she drives her scuppers under[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that figurehead of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Twas of seasoned pine I made it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nClear from outer bark to core[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the finest piece of timber[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom the mast-pond on Straight Shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEvery bite of axe or chisel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nEvery ringing mallet welt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBrought from out that piece of timber[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the spirit that I felt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had read of Marco Polo[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTill his daring deeds were mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I saw them all a-glowing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn that balsam-scented pine[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaw his eyes alight with purpose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFacing every vagrant breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaw him lifting, free and careless[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOver all the Seven Seas[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat was how I did my carving[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBeat of heart and stroke of hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBlended into life and action[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the purpose that I planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFlowing robes and wind-tossed tresses[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nForms of beauty, strength, design[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaw them all, and strove to carve them[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn those figureheads of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI am old, my hands are feeble[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd my outward eyes are dim[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I see again those clippers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLifting o'er the ocean's rim[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGreat white fleet of reeling rovers[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWind above, the surf beneath[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the Marco Polo leading[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith my carving in her teeth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd while my hand is steady[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhile my eyes are good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will carve the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf the wind into the wood[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE    A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","Bm","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}