Intro
(bouzouki play)
G# A#m7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
G#
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
My family sextant is the filling moon
A#m
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#m G#
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
G#
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G#
G# free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A#m
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
G# D#
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
G#
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
Fm C# G#
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Fm/G# C#/G# A#m
Through rings of black roses I'll move
G#
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Fm C# G#
G# Fm/G# C#/G# A#m
G# A#m
G#
[Bridge 2]
G#m
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
G# springboard dance with no last chance
G#m
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
C# D#m F# A#m
[Verse 1]
C# D#m
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
F# A#m G#
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
C# D#m
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
F# A#m
G#m I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
C# D#m
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
F# A#m
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
D#
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Fm Cm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G#
I hope that you are there
A#
I hope to find you there
D#
I will not resist you
Fm Cm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G#
Anchor, away
A#
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
D# Fm Cm
G# A#
[Chorus]
D#
I will not resist you
Fm Cm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G#
I hope that you are there
A#
I hope to find you there
D#
I will not resist you
Fm Cm
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
G#
Anchor, away
A# (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!