Intro
(bouzouki play)
A# Cm7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
A#
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
My family sextant is the filling moon
Cm
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Cm A#
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
A#
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#
A# free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Cm
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A# F
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
A#
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
Gm D# A#
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Gm/A# D#/A# Cm
Through rings of black roses I'll move
A#
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Gm D# A#
A# Gm/A# D#/A# Cm
A# Cm
A#
[Bridge 2]
A#m
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
A# springboard dance with no last chance
A#m
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
D# Fm G# Cm
[Verse 1]
D# Fm
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
G# Cm A#
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
D# Fm
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
G# Cm
A#m I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
D# Fm
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
G# Cm
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
F
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Gm Dm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
A#
I hope that you are there
C
I hope to find you there
F
I will not resist you
Gm Dm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
A#
Anchor, away
C
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
F Gm Dm
A# C
[Chorus]
F
I will not resist you
Gm Dm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
A#
I hope that you are there
C
I hope to find you there
F
I will not resist you
Gm Dm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
A#
Anchor, away
C (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!