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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, "My wC#mife has just gBiven me a sAon." F#m"A son!" you cry, "Is tBhat all that you've dEone?"
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:
"Then cAome with me" you say, "to where the SF#mouthern Cross Rides hBigh upon your sEhoulder." "C#mCome with me!" you cBry, "Each dAay you tend this lF#mock, you're one day oBlder 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.