Fairport Convention - Around the wild cape horn

I was born a land-bound ^Dfarm boy^A and ^F#min New ^EEngland ^Draised The rippling of the ^Awheat fields, well they ^F#mwere my ocean ^Ewaves Each ^Arise and fall, each ^Dcry and ^Acall, of the ^F#mcrows a^Ecross the ^Dcorn Were seagulls ^Aswooping a^Eround the ^Abow Of the ^Dship I dreamed I’d ^F#msail a^Eround Cape ^AHorn

My deck was the dusty ^Dfarm^Ayard, my ^F#mmast was the ^Etelegraph ^Dpole The windblown whine in the ^Atelegraph wire, was the ^F#msound called in my ^Esoul And it ^Aseemed to have been ^Dsing^Aing since the ^F#mday that ^EI was ^Dborn You're gonna take a ^Atrip on a ^Esailing ^Aship ^DAll the way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

Well, I found that ship in ^DHam^Aburg and her ^F#mname it ^Ewas Pek^Ding Our skipper’s name was ^AJervis, well I ^F#mnever met a man like ^Ehim ^AHe pulled two men out ^Dfrom the ^Asea, by the ^F#mhair, in a ^Eraging ^Dstorm And he kept that ^Agrip on the ^Esailing ^Aship ^DAll the way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

Well, the cargo weighed five ^Dthousand ^Atons, the ^F#mship three ^Ethousand ^Dmore An acre of sail was ^Aup aloft, some ^F#mseventeen storeys ^Etall And we ^Ahad a pig and a ^Dscruffy ^Adog and a ^F#mturkey ^Efed on ^Dcorn Willing ^Ahands to ^Edrive her ^Aon ^DAll the way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

Well, its ^Efour hours on and its four hours off And you ^Bmsleep in your wet ^Dclothes The only dry thing ^Aon the ship is the ^Dcargo ^F#mdown be^Elow E^Aleven thousand ^Dmiles we ^Asailed, nigh ^F#mon one ^Ehundred ^Ddawns Thirty two ^Asails on a ^Eheaving ^Aship ^DHauling us a^F#mround the w^Eild Cape H^Aorn

Seventeen days we ^Dwere be^Acalmed, then ^F#mFriday ^Ethe thir^Dteenth Sixty-eight great ^Aships were lost in the ^F#mstorm of the ^Ecentury We ^Ablew into the At^Dlan^Atic on a ^F#msunlit ^Esparkling ^Dmorn The turkey got ^Asick, so we ^Eate him ^Aquick ^DOn the way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

We lost two boys a^Dlong the ^Avoyage, they ^F#mgot washed ^Eover^Dboard Silence from us ^Adown below, no ^F#mone could put in ^Ewords Two ^Aempty bunks to ^Dmark the ^Aspace, ^F#mtheir two ^Elives to ^Dmourn Torn be^Atween all ^Elife and ^Adeath ^DAll the way a^F#mround the w^Eild Cape H^Aorn

Well, she ^Ehad us sort of hypnotised No ^Bmtime to catch our ^Dbreath If you want to ^Alove your life, you ^Dhave to ^F#mflirt with ^Edeath ^ASail close to the ^Dharnessed ^Awind and ^F#mtreat all ^Erisks with ^Dscorn A farm boy^A and an ^Eunyoked ^Ateam ^DPloughed their way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

Mountain waves like ^Dava^Alanches, ^F#mcrashed u^Epon the ^Ddecks The screaming winds ripped ^Aropes and spars and ^F#mtried to have us ^Ewrecked But she ^Arose and fell through ^Dfoam and ^Aswell, her ^F#msails all ^Eripped and ^Dtorn Eight thousand ^Atons, ^Etossed like a ^Acork We made it '^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn

Well, she ^Ehad us sort of hypnotised No ^Bmtime to catch our ^Dbreath If you want to ^Alove your life, well you ^Dhave to ^F#mflirt with ^Edeath ^ASail close to the ^Dharnessed ^Awind and ^F#mtreat all ^Erisks with ^Dscorn A farm boy^A and an ^Eunyoked ^Ateam ^DPloughed their way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn A farm boy^A and an ^Eunyoked ^Ateam ^DPloughed their way a^F#mround the ^Ewild Cape ^AHorn