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LOCK-KEEPER Stan Rogers Album: From Fresh Water (1984)
EYou say, "Well-met again, Lock-keeper! We're lC#maden even deBeper that the tAime before OriF#mental oils and tBea brought down from SEingapore." EAs we wait for my lock to cycle I say, "C#m;My wife has jBust given mAe a son." F#m"A son!" you Bcry, "Is that alEl that you've done?"
She wears bougainvillea blossoms You pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide, Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside. Her sighs catch on your shoulder Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears And I say, "How could you stand to leave her for a year?" chorus:
"TAhen come with me" you say, "F#m;to where the Southern Cross Rides hBigh upon your sEhoulder." &C#mquot;Come with me!&qBuot; you cry, "EAach day you tend tF#mhis lock, you're one Bday older While your bC#mlood gBrows AcoldBer." But that aEnchor chain's a fetter AndC#m with it you are tBethered to the fAoam And I wF#mouldn't trade your lBife for one hour of hEome.
Sure I'm stuck here on the Seaway While you compensate for leeway through the Trades; And you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made. And you laugh at hearts you've riven, But which of these has given us more love or life, You, your tropic maids, or me, my wife. chorus Ah your anchor chain's a fetter And with it you are tethered to the foam, And I wouldn't trade your whole life for one hour of home. enjoy! Chords are easier transposed to D, capo 2, dropped D tuning optional. All songs from Stan's first four albums are tabbed in "Songs from Fogarty's Cove", but do not include anything from subsequent posthumous albums.