The Day Of The Clipper

A# D# A# You can see the squares of canvas dancing over the horizon F F7 You can feel the chanty wailing to the heaving of the men D# F A# D# You can feel the seas up to your knees and you know the sea is rising A# D# F And you know the clipper's day has come again A# D# F7 A# To the men on high, the bosun's cry commands a killing strain F F7 Till every mother's son begins to pray ... D# F A# D# With a hearty shout, she comes about as she heads into the rain A# F F7 A# And the ship has never seen a better day F D# A# Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters D# A# D# F Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main D# F A# D# So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters A# D# F F7 A# For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again A# D# A# Wooden beams and human dreams are all that makes her go F F7 And the magic of the wind upon her sails ... D# F A# D# She'd rather fight the weather than the fishes down below A# D# F God help us if the rigging ever fails A# D# F7 A# As the timber creaks, the captain speaks above the vessel's groan F F7 'Til every soul on board can hear the call ... D# F A# D# It's nothing but the singing of the ship inside her bones A# F F7 A# And this is when she like it best of all F D# A# Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters D# A# D# F Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main D# F A# D# So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters A# D# F F7 A# For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again A# D# A# Where the current goes, the clipper's nose is plowing fields of green F F7 Where fortune takes the crews, we wish them well ... D# F A# D# Where men could be when lost at sea is somewhere in between A# D# F The regions of a heaven and a hell A# D# F7 A# They're sailing eastern harbors and the California shores F F7 If you set your mind to see them then you can ... D# F A# D# As you count each mast go sailing past you prouder than before A# F F7 A# Then you'll know the clipper's day has come again F D# A# Sailing ships and sailing men will sail the open waters D# A# D# F Where the only thing that matters is the wind inside the main D# F A# D# So all you loving mothers keep your eyes upon your daughters A# D# F F7 A# For the sails will mend their tatters and the masts will rise again