False Echoes Havana 1921

D)The skies over G)CubaD), turned A)pink with the D)light And the waterfront Bm)ritual, began to A)ignite. All the ships in the G)harbourD), were A)warmed by the D)sun Twenty fifth of Bm)November, A)Nineteen Twenty-D)one. G D On the old ChickaG)mougaD), the A)signal jacks D)flew And the message they Bm)spelled out, caused a great ballyA)hoo Every ship in G)HavanaD), then A)hoisted D)away All the pennants were Bm)flyin', A)on my Dad's first D)birthday A)Enduring echoes call D)out from his past, A)Time ain't for savin', no D)time's not for that. Bm)Chasin' false F#m)echoes like A G)lost legionnaireA), He G)waltzes on Bm)memories while he A)fades like D)flare G D Now his storybook G)childhoodD), was A)not make D)believe On the decks of a Bm)tall ship, he was taught to A)achieve. Witnessed storms and G)starvationD), Natural A)wonders and D)Force Oh the life of A Bm)sailor, A)steers A wandering D)course G D A)Enduring echoes call D)out from his past, A)Time ain't for savin', no D)time's not for that. Bm)Chasin' false F#m)echoes like A G)lost legionnaireA), He G)waltzes on Bm)memories while he A)fades like D)flare G D Well now life throws us G)curve D)balls, We A)never can D)reach He gave up the Bm)ocean, but he lived by the A)beach. Where he raised up his G)familyD), taught A)us all to D)survive Then the wind went Bm)away in A)Nineteen Ninety-D)Five G D A D A D Bm F#m G A G Bm A D G D Now the old ChickaG)maugaD), has A)slipped by the D)ways She lies on the Bm)bottom of old Mobile A)Bay Where the ghosts of his G)fatherD and his A)brother are D)near They protect him and Bm)tell him, A)There's nothing to D)fear G D Cause it's family G)traditionD), We A)take to the D)sea And it's a time in the Bm)future, For A)Cameron and D)me G D A)Enduring echoes call D)out from his past, A)Time ain't for savin', no D)time's not for that. Bm)Chasin' false F#m)echoes like A G)lost legionnaireA), He G)waltzes on Bm)memories while he A)fades like D)flare G D D)The skies over G)CubaD Were A)warmed by the D)sun, Twenty fifth of Bm)November, A)Nineteen Twenty-oneD