Song For The Bowdoin

G D Am D C D D7 G Am D7 You sailed the cold waters of the great Northern Bays G Ice in your rigging and your rail in the waves Am And the snow on your canvas like a winter-gull's wing D7 G Lord, the times you've been through Em Bm But now you've got hard times and now you lie still C G/B Am And you're fast to the anchor and chain Em Am Broken and tired and the winds pass you by D7 G Am D D7 G You're bound to go sailing again Am They sailed out of Boothbay on a soft Southern swell D7 G The wind on your quarter and your bow rose and fell Am So many remember so much more than they'll tell D7 G Of the hardest of times you've been through Em Bm Greenland and Baffin and the white Labrador C G/B Am In the wind and the terrible snows Em Am When they carried their ice-picks just to bring you about D7 G In the light from the lanterns below Em Bm Oh, and now you've got hard times and now you lie still C G/B Am And you're fast to the anchor and chain Em Am Broken and tired and the winds pass you by D7 G You're bound to go sailing again Em Bm C Am D Em Am D G Am So rest, lady, rest from the fog and the gales D7 G Let the harbour protect you and the wind dry your sails Am And a hundred old sailors tell their foggiest tales D7 G Of the hardest of times you've been through Em Bm And we'll see your masts mingle with spruces and pines C G/B Am And we'll bow as we all pass you by Em Am For a boat is more patient than a sailor can be D7 G Am D D7 G With the sun and the wind in his eye Em Bm Oh, now you've got hard times and now you lie still C G/B Am And you're fast to the anchor and chain Em Am Broken and tired, summer winds pass you by D7 G Am You're bound to go sailing again D7 G C G You're bound to go sailing again