HIGH AND DRY
by Gordon Lightfoot
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)
CHORDS
A = At5 007655
D = Dt5 000775
E = Et7 079900
INTRO
VERSE 1
With a lady-like devotion
She sails the bitter ocean
If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
There'd be nothin' left but flotsam
CHORUS
Singin' why me oh my
Is there a better man than I
I hope you find your way back home
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
Before you die
VERSE 2
Her sails blow like bubbles
While ya sip yer daily doubles
If she wasn't so fond of the weather
She might give the deckhands trouble
CHORUS
Singin' why me oh my
Is there a better man than I
I hope you find your way back home
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
Before you die
VERSE 3
One day when I grew older
And I found I could not hold her
She took on a fine young skipper
Who soon run her up on a boulder
CHORUS
Singin' why me oh my
Is there a better man than I
I hope you find your way back home
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
Before you die
VERSE 4
Now the pleasures of the harbor
Don't include a lady barber
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would've been martyrs
CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)
Singin' why me oh my
Is there a better man than I
I hope you find your way back home
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
Before you die
I hope you find your way back home
A D (hold D for 4 beats)
Before you lie high and dry
I hope you find your way back home
A E A (these at 1 beat each)
Before you die