Tom: G
G C G
You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon
D D7
You can feel the chanty wailing to the heaving of the men
C D G C
You can feel the seas up to your knees and you know the sea is rising
G C D
And you know the clipper's day has come again
G C D7 G
To the men on high, the bosun's cry commands a killing strain
D D7
Till every mother's son begins to pray ...
C D G C
With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain
G D D7 G
And the ship has never seen a better day
[Chorus]
D C G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
C G C D
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
C D G C
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
G C D D7 G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again
[Verse 2]
G C G
Wooden beams and human dreams are all that makes her go
D D7
And the magic of the wind upon her sails ...
C D G C
She'd rather fight the weather than the fishes down below
G C D
God help us if the rigging ever fails
G C D7 G
As the timber creaks, the captain speaks above the vessel's groan
D D7
'Til every soul on board can hear the call ...
C D G C
It's nothing but the singing of the ship inside her bones
G D D7 G
And this is when she like it best of all
[Chorus]
D C G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
C G C D
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
C D G C
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
G C D D7 G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again
[Verse 3]
G C G
Where the current goes, the clipper's nose is plowing fields of green
D D7
Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well ...
C D G C
Where men could be when lost at sea is somewhere in between
G C D
The regions of a heaven and a hell
G C D7 G
They're sailing eastern harbors and the California shores
D D7
If you set your mind to see them then you can ...
C D G C
As you count each mast go sailing past you prouder than before
G D D7 G
Then you'll know the clipper's day has come again
[Chorus]
D C G
Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters
C G C D
Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main
C D G C
So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters
G C D D7 G
For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again
