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When he was a boy C
he wanted to pE7lay
Amdown by the sF/Cea
At age thirtCeen
everyday after sE7chool
Amhe would always F/Csail around the lake
CAll the people would stand and stare
as he saE7iled around with precision and care
With his Cbi-corner hat and the way he would stand
he lE7ooked just like a Navy man
AmAll the townsfolk would gather and saF/Cy, and sing away
CCaptain Albert AleF/Cxander
He'll be a bGrave seafarer someF/Cday
But that CCaptain Albert AF/Clexander
GHe'll go down in the F/Cwaves
by age twenty foCur
he had left the shE7ore
Amand was sailing for the QF/Cueen
On a dark starry Cnight
Albert awoke to the soE7und
Amof his Captain screaming as he was drownedF/C
CThe navy crew was taking a lick
pirates hE7ad invaded the ship
But AlberCt with one aimed harpoon
igniE7ted their rum with a spark and soon
Amflames from the pirates away, tF/Che navy sang
CCaptain Albert AleF/Cxander
saved his crGew from slaughter F/C
But that CCaptain Albert AF/Clexander
GHe'll go down in the F/Cwater
Now everyone dance
Dance. Dance.
twenty some odd years later C
on his ship the sea E7slater
Amhe sailed intF/Co a mass of blubber
gazing up to the Csky
stood a large waE7lbus
Amthat was a hundred stories high, iF/Ct meant no harm
Cthe walrus was in a great deal of pain
it suffeE7red from a tusk with tooth decay
Albert thCrew his anchor round it’s tusk
withE7 a little bit of pulling it was out by dusk
Amthe walrus thanked albert and sang, aF/Cs he sailed away
CCaptain Albert AleF/Cxander
friend to seGa urchin andF/C me
But that CCaptain Albert AF/Clexander
GHe'll go down in the F/Csea
E/7 Am
At a ripe old age lightning struck from the sky
E/7 Am
and split Albert's vessel in two
E/7 Am
One hundred men fled for their lives
E/7 Am
on rafts across the ocean blue
AmAlbert stood at the sF/Ctern of his ship
A gAmiant octopus had F/Chim in it's grip
A vAmortex of spiraling dF/Ceath below ripped
andAm sharks and electric eels aF/Cll made the trip
to see AmAlbert
Csink to the bottom of the F/Csea
AmJust before he went F/Cdown
Amhe called out to hisF/C crew
AmIt's obvious that my F/Ctime has come
I'll lAmet this ending eF/Cnsue
I've lAmed an exciting nautical lF/Cife it would seem
and there's Amno better end than a F/Cdeath by the sea
His crew sang
CCaptain Albert AleF/Cxander
he went downG in the sea F/C
But that CCaptain Albert AF/Clexander
Ghe’ll go down in hiF/Cstory
Cthat Captain AlberF/Ct Alexander
he went downG in the sea F/C