WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Neil Young - Captain Kennedy Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
D7 C D7
I am a young mariner headed to war
F D7
I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for
F D7
There's water on the wood and the sails feel good
C D7
And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good
[Verse 2]
D7 C D7
My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy
D7 F D7
He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea
F D7
Exploded on the water for everyone for everyone to see
C D7
And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy
[Verse 3]
Dm C D7
I saw him in Nassau in ninteen seventy one
F D7
His strength was failin' but he still ran a run
F D7
He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone
C Dm
To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own
[Verse 4]
D7 C D7
He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron
F D7
That steel hull freighter was passin' its time
F D7
And time flew by faster with life on the sea
C D7
And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy
[Verse 5]
D7 C D7
I am a young mariner headed to war
F D7
I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for
F D7
There's water on the wood and the sails feel good
C
And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good