{"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":74135,"song":"Ballad Of The Yarmouth Castle","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/74135-ballad-of-the-yarmouth-castle-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/74135?type=chord","rating":4.74743,"votes":36,"content":"The Ballad of The Yarmouth Castle\r\nGordon Lightfoot 1969\r\n\r\nCapo at the second fret and fingerpick.  At the end of the first and\r\nthird lines of each verse, use a G/Gsus4/G riff.  At the end of the\r\nsecond and fourth lines, use an Am/Asus4/Am/Asus2/Am riff.\r\n\r\nCHORDS:\r\n [ch]Asus2[/ch]  002200\r\n [ch]Asus4[/ch]  002230\r\n [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  320013\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Well it's 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the anchors have been weighed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n From Miami to Nassau, she's bound across the waves.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n She's a-headin' south through Biscayne Bay, into the open sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The Yarmouth Castle's, she's a-dying and don't know it![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n There were many years she's been to sea, she's seen the better times,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n She gives a groan of protest as they cast away her lines.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And the grumble of her engines and the rust along her spine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Tells the Castle she's too old to be sailing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But the sands run out within her heart, a tiny spark glows red,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Smoulders through the evening as laughter overhead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Now when dinner's served and the cards are dealt, & the[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       drinks are passed around,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Deep within, the fire starts a-burning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Now it's midnight on the open sea, the moon is shining bright,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Some people join the party and others say goodnight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n There's many who are sleeping now, it's been a busy day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And the tiny whisp of smoke is a-risin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \"Oh lord,\" she groans, \"I'm burnin', let someone understand!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n But her silent plea is wasted in the playin' of the band![/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Everybody's dancin' on the deck and they're a-havin' such a time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And a voice says, \"Shut up and deal, I'm losin'\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Deep within the Yarmouth Castle the fire begins to glow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n It leaps into the hallways and climbs and twists and grows![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And the paint she wore to keep her young, oh Lord, how well it burns![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And soon that ol' fire is ragin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Now beneath the bridge it's climbing fast, the captain stands aloft[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n He calls up to the bos'un, says, \"Bos'un, we are lost!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n For the ragged hoses in the racks, no pressure do they hold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The people down below will soon be dyin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n All amidship's, oh she's a-blazin' now, it's spreadin' fore and aft![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The people are a-scramblin' as the fire blocks the path.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n The evil smoke surrounds them and they're fallin' in their tracks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And the captain in his lifeboat is a-leavin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n BREAK:\r\n [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Oh then the ship Bahama Star, comes steamin' through the night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n She sees the Castle blazin' and 'tis a terrible sight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \"Jump down, jump down,\" the captain cries, \"we'll save you if we can!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And the paint on his funnels is a-fryin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n God help the ones who sleep below and cannot find the way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Thank God for those we rescued upon this awful day![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Now the heroes they are many but the times are goin' slim,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And now from stern to bow she's a-blazin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Oh the Yarmouth Castle's moanin', she's cryin' like a child,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n You can hear her if you listen above the roar so wild.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Is she cryin' for the ones who lie within her molten sides,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Or cryin' for herself I'm a-wonderin'?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But the living soon were rescued, the ones who lived to tell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n From the Star they a-watched her as she died there in the swells.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Like a toy ship on a mill pond she burned all through the night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Then slipped beneath the waves in the mornin'.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Ballad of The Yarmouth Castle\nGordon Lightfoot 1969\n\nCapo at the second fret and fingerpick.  At the end of the first and\nthird lines of each verse, use a G/Gsus4/G riff.  At the end of the\nsecond and fourth lines, use an Am/Asus4/Am/Asus2/Am riff.\n\nCHORDS:\n Asus2  002200\n Asus4  002230\n Gsus4  320013\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n BREAK:\n Am  B   C   G  Am  G  Am","chords":["G","Gsus4/G","Am","Asus4","Asus2","Gsus4","C","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}