D     Cadd9        D      Cadd9           D         Cadd9    D         Cadd9  
Everybody         listen to me          and return me              my ship  
  
               D      Cadd9         D        Cadd9  
I'm your captain   I'm your captain  
  
                   D       Cadd9             D    Cadd9   D    Cadd9  
Though I'm feeling          mighty sick  
  
                 D        Cadd9             D         Cadd9           
I've been lost now         days uncounted  
  
              D                Cadd9                   D     Cadd9  
And it's months since           I've seen home  
  
                D        Cadd9                 D        Cadd9  
Can you hear me           can you hear me  
  
      D   Cadd9         D  Cadd9  D  Cadd9  
Or am I           all alone  
  
                 D        Cadd9            D            Cadd9  
If you'll return me            to my home port  
  
         D         Cadd9              D     Cadd9  
I will kiss you           mother earth  
  
               D            Cadd9                D            Cadd9  
Take me back now            take me back now  
  
           D    Cadd9            D     Cadd9  D  Cadd9  
To the port             of my birth  
  
  
Dm             Bb  
Am I in my cabin dreaming  
  
Dm             Bb  
Or are you really scheming  
  
Dm             Bb                     F    A7  
To take my ship away from me  
  
Dm               Bb  
You'd better think about it  
  
Dm            Bb  
I just can't live without it  
  
Dm                    Bb                         F   A7       A                    D   
So please don't take my ship from me         yeah - yeah - yeah  
  
  
(Riff 1 Twice)  
  
(Main Riff 4 Times)  
  
  
           D               Cadd9         D           Cadd9  
I can feel the hand           of a stranger  
  
            D           Cadd9                    D      Cadd9  
As it's tightening            around my throat  
  
              D          Cadd9             D          Cadd9  
Heaven help me           heaven help me  
  
                D          Cadd9              D    Cadd9  
Take this stranger           from my boat  
  
              D        Cadd9               D         Cadd9       
I'm your captain           I'm your captain  
  
                   D        Cadd9            D    Cadd9  
Though I'm feeling           mighty sick  
  
          D    Cadd9         D      Cadd9  
Everybody          listen to me  
  
           D     Cadd9           D    Cadd9    
And return me           my ship  
  
              D        Cadd9                                 D    Cadd9 
I'm your captain        yeah yeah yeah yeah  
  
              D        Cadd9                                 D    Cadd9  
I'm your captain        yeah yeah yeah yeah  

              D        Cadd9                                D    Cadd9 
I'm your captain        yeah yeah yeah yeah  

              D        Cadd9                                D    Cadd9 
I'm your captain        yeah yeah yeah yeah 

D                                    Cadd9 
I'm getting closer to my home    

D                                    Cadd9 
I'm getting closer to my home 

D                                    Cadd9 
I'm getting closer to my home 

Outro:
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