Ralph McTell - Around the wild cape horn

^FI was born a land-bound ^Ffarm ^Fboy and ^Dmin New ^GEngland ^Fraised, The rippling of the ^Fwheat fields, well they ^Dmwere my ocean ^Gwaves. Each ^Fcry and call, each ^Frise and ^Ffall, of the ^Dmcrows a-^Gcross the ^Fcorn Were seagulls ^Fswooping a-^Gcross the ^Fbow, of a ^Fship I dreamed I’^Dmd sail ^Ga-round Cape ^FHorn.

^FMy deck was the dusty ^Ffarm ^Fyard, my ^Dmmast was the ^Gtelegraph ^Fpole And the windblow choir in the ^Ftelephone wire was the ^Dmcall heard in my ^Gsoul ^FAnd it seemed to ^Fhave been ^Fsinging ^Dmsince the day that ^GI was ^Fborn I'm gonna take a ^Ftrip on a ^Gsailing ^Fship, ^Fall the way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn

^FWell I found that ship in ^FHam^Fburg, her ^Dmname it ^Gwas Peki^Fng Our skipper’s name wa^Fs Captain Jürs, and I^Dm’d never met a man ^Glike him. ^FHe pulled two men out ^Ffrom the ^Fsea, by the ^Dmhair, in a ^Graging ^Fstorm. And he kept that ^Fgrip on a ^Gsailing ^Fship, ^Fall the way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.

^GWell its four hours on and its four hours off ^Dmand you sleep in your wet ^Fclothes The only dry thing ^Fon the ship is the ^Fcargo ^Dmdown be^Glow ^FEleven thousand ^Fmiles we ^Fsailed, ^Dmnigh on one ^Ghundred ^Fdawns ^FThirty two ^Gsails on a ^Fheaving ^Fship, pulling us ^Dmaround the ^Gwild cape ^Fhorn

^FWell the cargo weighed five ^Fthousand ^Ftons, the ^Dmship three ^Gthousand ^Fmore. An acre of sail ^Fwas up aloft, some ^Dmseventeen storeys ^Gtall. ^FAnd we had a pig, and a ^Fscruffy ^Fdog and a ^Dmturkey ^Gfed on ^Fcorn. ^FAnd willing ^Ghands who ^Fcatch the ^Fwind, hauling us ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.

^FFor seventeen days we ^Fwere ^Fbecalmed and then ^DmFriday ^Gthe thirt^Feenth Sixty eight great ^Fships were lost in the ^Dmstorm of the ^Gcentury. ^FBut we were swept into the ^FAtlanti^Fc, on a ^Dmsun-lit ^Gsparkling ^Fmorn, ^FThe turkey got ^Gsick, so we ^Fate him ^Fquick, on the way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.

^GWell she had us sort of hypnotised, no ^Dmtime to catch our ^Fbreath, If you want to feel ^Freal alive, well you ^Fhave to ^Dmflirt with ^Gdeath. ^FSail close to the ^Fharnessed ^Fwind, and ^Dmtreat all ^Grisks with ^Fscorn ^FA farm boy ^Gand an ^Fun-yoked t^Feam, ploughed their way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.

^FNow on that voyage we ^Flost two ^Fboys, they ^Dmgot thrown ^Goverb^Foard. Silence from us ^Fdown below, no ^Dmone could put in ^Gwords. ^FTwo empty bunks to ^Fmark the ^Fspace in ^Dmour young ^Glives to ^Fmourn, ^FVoids ^Gbetween all ^Flife and ^Fdeath, on the way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn

^FAnd mountain waves, like ^Fava^Flanches ^Dmcrashed ^Gupon the ^Fdecks, The screaming winds snapped ^Fropes and spars, and ^Dmtried to have us ^Gwrecked. ^FBut she rose and fell through ^Ffoam and ^Fswell, her ^Dmsails were ^Gripped and ^Ftorn ^FEight thousand ^Gtons ^Ftossed like a ^Fcork, on the way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.

^GAnd she had us sort of hypnotised, no ^Dmtime to catch our ^Fbreath, If you want to feel ^Freal alive, well you ^Fhave to ^Dmflirt with ^Gdeath. ^FSail close to the ^Fharnessed ^Fwind, and ^Dmtreat all ^Grisks with ^Fscorn ^FA farm boy ^Gand an ^Fun-yoked t^Feam, ploughed their way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn. ^FWell, a farm boy ^Gand ^Fun-yoked ^Fteam, ploughed their way ^Dmaround the ^Gwild Cape ^FHorn.