Gordon Lightfoot - Ghosts Of Cape Horn Chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret



[INTRO:] Dm  C  F  G  Dm   C   Dm  C  F  G  Dm   C  Dm

[CHORUS 1:]
     C     F        G
All around old Cape Horn 
Dm                 C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn 
Dm       C           F          G
Some who wish they'd never been born 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[CHORUS 2:]
F           C
Falderal da riddle de rum 
                           G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 
Dm       C          F        G
Sailing away at the break of dawn 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[BRIDGE:]
A               Dm
See them all in sad repair
A            F
Demons dance everywhere 
A               Dm
Southern gales, tattered sails
    A       Gm7      A
And none to tell the tale


[VERSE 1:]
N.C. D          D/F#       G         Em
Come all of you rustic old sea dogs
    A          A/G             D/F#
Who follow the bright Southern Cross 
         G            A           A/G      D/F#
You were rounding the horn in the eye of a storm 
         G            A
When you lost her one day 
        D             G            A       Bm
And you read all your letters from oceans away 
         A                G             Em    A
Then you took them to the bottom of the sea


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm  C  F  G  Dm   C   Dm  C  F  G   Dm   C  Dm


[CHORUS 1:]
     C     F        G
All around old Cape Horn 
Dm                 C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn 
Dm       C           F          G
Some who wish they'd never been born 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[CHORUS 2:]
F           C
Falderal da riddle de rum 
                           G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 
Dm       C          F        G
Sailing away at the break of dawn 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm  C  F  G  Dm   C   Dm  C  F  G   Dm   C  Dm
                A   Dm   A   F   A   Dm   A   Gm7   A


[VERSE 2:]
N.C. D           D/F#          G       Em
Come all you old sea dogs from Devon 
    A           A/G          D/F#
Southampton, Penzance and Kinsale 
         G             A           A/G           D/F#
You were caught by the chance of a sailor's last dance 
       G            A
It was not meant to be 
        D             G                A        Bm
And you read all your letters, cried, "Anchors aweigh"
         A                G             Em    A
Then you took them to the bottom of the sea


[INSTRUMENTAL:] Dm  C  F  G  Dm   C   Dm  C  F  G   Dm   C  Dm


[CHORUS 1:]
     C     F        G
All around old Cape Horn 
Dm                 C
Ships of the line, ships of the morn 
Dm       C           F          G
Some who wish they'd never been born 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[CHORUS 2:]
F           C
Falderal da riddle de rum 
                           G
With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 
Dm       C          F        G
Sailing away at the break of dawn 
     Dm             C       Dm
They are the ghosts of Cape Horn


[OUTRO:] Dm  C  F  G  Dm  C   Dm  C  F  G   Dm   C  Bb