Broken Mast Bay

[Refrão]
 
     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 
 


[Verso 1]
 
    Dm 
The night was still 
        C 
And the air was stale 
        Dm                C 
And the stench of ale ran high 
       Bb                         F           C 
And it flowed from a pub across a cobblestone street 
        Dm         C       Dm 
Where a sailor was passing by 
       Dm                    C 
Oh, he drank his fill and he sang his song 
       Dm            C 
As the room began to sway 
        Bb                            F       C 
Then he stumbled down the road to the water's edge 
     Dm           C           Dm 
Of a place called Broken Mast Bay 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 
 


[Verso 2]
 
       Dm               C 
With a dizzy head and a daring heart 
      Dm           C 
And a dingy on the shore 
       Bb                  F      C 
In his drunken glee he put out to sea 
       Dm           C        Dm 
And he rowed to the Mists of Nore 
      Dm                   C 
As he rowed along he could hear a song 
       Dm                C 
From a voice so pure and clear 
       Bb                  F        C 
Then a selkie rose right beside his boat 
       Dm           C      Dm 
As her voice echoed in his ear 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 
 


[Verso 3]
 
      Dm                 C 
Come again? said he, how can this be? 
       Dm              C 
Have I had too much to drink? 
       Bb                     F              C 
Not at all, she sighed with a sparkle in her eyes 
       Dm          C        Dm 
I'm as true as the ocean is deep 
    Dm             C                    Dm            C 
Why sail alone, my sailor bold, on this quiet moonlit night? 
    Bb                   F         C 
The sailor gawked as she whispered soft 
       Dm        C       Dm 
Please stay with me till light 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 
 


[Ponte]
 
    Dm                C 
She shed a tear as he slurred his words 
        Dm              C 
Telling tales of life before 
        Bb                            F           C 
How his friends were swallowed in the treacherous swells 
               Dm             C     Dm 
When they were claimed by the ocean floor 

Interlúdio Bb  F  C  
             Bb  F  C  Dm 
 

[Verso 4]
 
   Dm                    C 
He wiped his eyes as the dawn advanced 
     Dm             C 
On a tired wakeless world 
         Bb                 F         C 
Then she left a gift in his calloused hand 
        Dm      C       Dm 
'Twas a pendant made of pearl 
Dm                       C 
Hold this close when the road feels long 
        Dm                    C 
And the waves don't flow your way 
         Bb                F      C            Dm       C           Dm 
When you feel alone listen for my voice on the winds of Broken Mast Bay 
 


[Refrão]
 
     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 

     Dm 
Ooh, Broken Mast Bay 
          Bb 
Where the balladeers play 
        F             C 
And the spirits never sleep 
          Bb 
Where the whispers call 
        F       C 
And the legends crawl 
            Dm          C     Dm 
Through the veil of the ocean deep 

Final 

    Dm                      C 
The years sailed on and the selkie's song 
         Dm            C 
Became a memory on the wind 
        Bb                    F       C 
And the gift she gave found a shallow grave 
     Dm            C        Dm 
In a box where his memories lived 
  Dm                 C 
Until one day in the village square 
           Dm                 C 
He heard a voice that he once knew 
        Bb                       F              C 
When he turned around he saw the sparkle in her eyes 
    Dm                C           G 
Old friend, I've been waiting for you