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"O'Captain"
(Steed, Jones, Back)
by The Polka Bastards
This transcription from a live performance, but originally
from their debut album "Fishin' License."
Transcribed by Christopher M. Knuth.
Sent in by Todd Obermiller (Obermiller.1@nd.edu)
Here it is! I have had many a request for this one, I was surprised to
see the Polka Bastards were not on Olga. I think this is pretty close I
watched them play it at a recent concert in the Twin Cities.
Chord Voicings
e 5 7 7 9 8
B 5 7 7 9 8
G 6 7 8 9 9
D 7 5 9 7 10
A - - - - -
E - - - - -
The intro is the underlying progession of almost the whole song.
Intro: A,B9,B,C#9,A,B9,B,C#9,C,B,A,C,B,A
O'Captain my captain the ship is going down
O'Captain my captain won't you please turn around
Women and children on the life raft first
No pushing no shoving, I said children first
O'Captain my captain won't you come aboard
There is nothing that you can do any more
But the captain just stood and looked over stern
Whith a look in his eye a look of concern
O'Captain my captain it's your last chance
O'Captain my captain live again to dance
But the water rose to the captains knee
As the ship sunk to the bottom of the sea
O'Captain my captain I bid the farewell
O'Captain my captain what a tale they will tell
With the captains last breath he tipped his hat to me
That is all of the captain that I'll ever see
O'Captain my captain now turned to bubbles
>From here they go (on the album) into the big jam, but
I don't have time to tab that out now. If I get any
requests, maybe I'll post it later.
-C.K.