Sailor's Rest - Stan Rogers - Home In Halifax - Chords
Note - I'm not exactly sure how he does the little thing at the beginning of the
chorus, but I played around with my guitar a bit, and what I've got there sounds
pretty good to me :P
It's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
And tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest
Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls
And Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls
The spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best
But the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest
CHORUS
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And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
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And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
That were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest
No rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor
No grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors
But there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best
And they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest
CHORUS
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And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
-
And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
That were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest
So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
But they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest
It's acrimony down in the card-room
Darcy Smith
thescientist