Shipboard Cook

F Am C I wanna go to the ocean and send a postcard of my loneliness F Am C Forgetting you is so elusive I run away but it's always this G F You're the only one I love C G It's always been you F Am And I wish I was conscripted in the merchant marines C G F Shanghaied into service to sails and machines just to stay alive, oh F Am And my sister keeps it simple she's a shipboard cook C G F She can run a line, but if you take a look, it's not easy though Am 'Cause I'm hoping you will find me C I keep hoping you will find me Am Hoping you will find me C G - F I keep hoping you will find me C G - F I'm always a ghost F Am I tried your gypsy tarot readings, some sá©ance stunt C I keep an open mind but I think it's just a front G F I want to believe it though F Am My sister says "Forget her boy, that's all that you need" C She pitches magical elixirs, potions full of mead G For a broken heart F It's too late for that C And I try to keep it simple; I try to keep it true G F But it's always been you; it's always been you C When you sailor boys brag about the hearts that they broke G F G F It was all just a joke; It's all just a boast, yeah yeah yeah, oh C G - F I'm always a ghost Am You're about as haunted as a darkened basement C I've got all the chances of a dog in a settlement G She may have her secrets, she'll never tell F I ride along without 'em on a deep sea swell Am I heard there's something new; she starts to talk C She's the merry widow on the widow's walk G And I say, what do you fear what are you running from F The only thing I fear is when I go numb Am And I'm hoping you will find me C I keep hoping you will find me Am Hoping you will find me C G I keep hoping you will find me, yeah yeah yeah C And I try to keep it simple; I try to keep it true G F It's always been you, it's always been you C When you sailor boys brag about the hearts that they broke G F G F It was all just a joke; It's all just a boast, yeah yeah yeah, mmm C I'm always a ghost G F I'm always a ghost G C I'm always a ghost G F G C I'm always a ghost