WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Stan Rogers - White Squall Chords | Ver. 3
-Capo 2-
Verse 1:
G Em C
Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
Bm Em D
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll North to the 'Sault' (pronounced Soo)
G Em C
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
Bm D G
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
Verse 2:
G Em C
The kid was so damned eager, it was all so big and new
Bm Em D
You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do
G Em C
And evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing
Bm D G
And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring
Chorus:
D D7 C G
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone in to a white squall
Verse 3:
G Em C
Now it's a thing that us old timers know, in a sultry summer calm
Bm Em D
There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb
G Em C
And a fifteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam
Bm D G
While the gale takes all before it with a scream
Verse 4:
G Em C
The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky
Bm Em D
From where I stood I swore I could see tears fall from his eyes
G Em C
So I hadn't the heart to tell him, that he should be on a line
Bm D G
Even on a night so warm and fine
Chorus:
D D7 C G
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone in to a white squall
Verse 5:
G Em C
When it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him get down
Bm Em D
But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound
G Em D
So I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face grow pale
Bm D G
As he crawled hand over hand along the rail
Verse 6:
G Em C
Now I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow
Bm Em D
And I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow
G Em D
Then like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again
Bm D G
Far over side I heard him call my name
Chorus:
D D7 C G
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone in to a white squall
Verse 7:
G Em C
So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
Bm Em D
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll North to the 'Soo'
G Em C
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
Bm D G
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
Chorus:
D D7 C G
But I tell that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone in to a white squall
