One More Night

G Em Am Em G C G Em Am Em G C Am C G In the fall of 1883 I had just one more load of coal for the Cornish Jacks at the Silver Islet mine G Am Beneath the icy waves, they picked and hacked at the silver caves C G And the coal fires kept them dry D And I never once did think that just a couple drinks C Could cause that mine to die G Em Am Em G C Am C G For 17 good years I've been a faithful captain here Always had an eye for the weather G Am And it's an easy thing to say, if you're looking for someone to blame C G Well, the captain should have known better D And everyone still thinks that the captain's love of drink C Is why that silver mine died Em C I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear C G D Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?" Em D C The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right C Am C To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night G Em Am Em G C Am C The captain of my ship and the master of my pride C G But still there's an undertow in every sailor's mind G Am And the blue of Sally's eyes and the warmth of her thighs C G Spoke to me in terms that could not be denied D I turned my back on the lake, thinking she would wait C And give me a little more time intro: G Em Am Em G C Am C With gin and love, half-crazed, we'd lain there for three days C G When I staggered to the window to catch a breath of air G Am I remember Sally laughed as an icy winter blast C G Caught me in the face and snapped back my hair D And one thought filled my head, as I fell back on the bed: C That silver mine's gonna die Em C I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear C G D Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?" Em D C The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right C Am C To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night G Em Am Em G C Am C We stoked the boilers hot But the Tuttle she was caught C G No way to get the lake to change her stubborn mind C A There was no way to entice that wretched winter ice C G To leave a channel open to the Silver Islet Mine D And with no coal to fire the pumps And November all at once C The lake had drowned that mine Am C G In the fall of 1883, just one more load of coal would have saved the Silver Islet Mine G Am Now I know that I'm to blame, and I must bear the shame C G But try to understand the nature of my crime D I was unfaithful to the lake, she raged at my mistake C She wanted that mine to die Em C I could hear the voice of gin whisper in my ear C G D Or maybe it was Sally saying "Who's the captain here?" Em D C The Tuttle is your ship, and you surely have the right C Am C To set the time of sail And to stay here where it's warm one more night