Day Of The Clipper

C A# C A# F C A# C A# C A# C F C You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon G G7 You can feel the chanty wailing to the heaving of the men F G C F You can feel the seas up to your knees and you know the sea is rising C F G And you know the clipper's day has come again C F G7 C To the men on high, the bosun's cry commands a killing strain G G7 Till every mother's son begins to pray ... F G C F With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain C G G7 C And the ship has never seen a better day G F C Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters F C F G Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main F G C F So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters C F G G7 C F C A# G For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again C F C Wooden beams and human dreams are all that makes her go G G7 And the magic of the wind upon her sails ... F G C F She'd rather fight the weather than the fishes down below C F G God help us if the rigging ever fails C F G7 C As the timber creaks, the captain speaks above the vessel's groan G G7 'Til every soul on board can hear the call ... F G C F It's nothing but the singing of the ship inside her bones C G G7 C And this is when she likes it best of all G F C Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters F C F G Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main F G C F So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters C F G G7 C F C A# G For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again C F C Where the current goes, the clipper's nose is plowing fields of green G G7 Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well ... F G C F Where men could be when lost at sea is somewhere in between C F G The regions of a heaven and a hell C F G7 C They're sailing eastern harbors and the California shores G G7 If you set your mind to see them then you can ... F G C F As you count each mast go sailing past you prouder than before C G G7 C Then you'll know the clipper's day has come again G F C Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters F C F G Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main F G C F So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters C F G G7 C For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again G F C Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters F C F G Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main F G C F So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters C F G G7 C For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again F G C F So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters C F G G7 C F C A# G C For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again