High And Dry

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HIGH AND DRY
by Gordon Lightfoot
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)
CHORDS
A
= x07655
D
= xx0775
E
= 079900
[Intro]
A A A A
[Verse 1]
A A
With a lady-like devotion
A A
She sails the bitter ocean
D D
If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
D A
There'd be nothin' left but flotsam
[Chorus]
E D
Singin' why, me oh my
A D
Is there a better man than I
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D
Before you lie high and dry
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D A D
Before you die
[Verse 2]
A A
Her sails billow like bubbles
A A
While ya sip yer daily doubles
D D
If she wasn't so fond of the weather
D A
She might give the deckhands trouble
[Chorus]
E D
Singin' why, me oh my
A D
Is there a better man than I
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D
Before you lie high and dry
A E
I hope you find your way back home
D A E
Before you die
[Verse 3]
A
N.C.
One day when I grew older
A
And I found I could not hold her
D D
She took on a fine young skipper
D A
Who soon run her up on a boulder
[Chorus]
E D
Singin' why, me oh my
A D
Is there a better man than I
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D
Before you lie high and dry
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D A D A E
Before you die
[Verse 4]
A
N.C.
Now the pleasures of the harbor
A A7
Don't include a lady barber
D D
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
D A
All of us pirates would've been martyrs
[Chorus]
E D
Singin' why, me oh my
A D
Is there a better man than I
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D
Before you lie high and dry
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A D
Before you lie high and dry
A E
I hope you find your way back home
A
Before you die

High And Dry chords and lyrics

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HIGH AND DRY
by Gordon Lightfoot
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)
CHORDS
A = x07655
D = xx0775
E = 079900
[Intro]
A  A  A  A
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]

High And Dry Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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High And Dry Chords · Gordon Lightfoot