Am                      C 
I am a simple man 

                         G                                               Dm 
I learned to work with my hands out here on these waves
 
                                Am 
Sha, la, la, la, la, la 
                                C 

I guess I've always known 
                G                                               Dm 

I would die alone here one cold November day
 
                                Am 
Sha, la, la, la, la, la

 
                                C 
I heard that you did take
 
                        G                                       Dm 
My brother in the morning another without warning
 
                                Am 
Sha, la, la, la, la, la
 
                        C                               G                               Dm 
And who am I to think that I'd be any different as God as my witness

 
                Am                              C 
I saw Davy Jones underneath the water
 
        G                       Am              C               Dm 
With a thousand of my fathers calling me home
 
                        G                                       F                  C    Am
And I saw Davy Jones wavin' his black flag countin' up his bones 


                          C 
They say when I was five
 
                        G                                       Dm 
The day I cast my first line I fell over the port side
 
                                Am 
Sha, la, la, la, la, la
 
                        C 
As I was sinkin' down 
                        G                                               Dm 

I heard my mama singing, I heard the church bells ringing
 
                                Am 
Sha, la, la, la, la, la
 
                                        C                               G 
But when they pulled me in I felt him tuggin' my hand 


          Am                              C 
I saw Davy Jones underneath the water
 
        G                       Am              C               Dm 
With a thousand of my fathers calling me home
 
                        G                                       F                  C    Am
And I saw Davy Jones wavin' his black flag countin' up his bones 
                                                C 
Now the waves have snapped the mast
 
                        G                               Dm  Am
I'm takin' water so fast I let go of the lines
 
                                        C                                       G 
And I could feel my father's stare from beyond the grave somewhere 

                         Dm  Am
As I fail him one last time

' 
                                C                               G 
Cause I would never be the man he thought I should be
 
                        Dm  
The lesser of his sons
 
                        C                               G 
So Jesus help me now, help me to forgive him 
Dm
 
Before the darkness floods in

 
                Am                              C 
I saw Davy Jones underneath the water
 
        G                       Am              C               Dm 
With a thousand of my fathers calling me home
 
                        G                                       F                  C  
And I saw Davy Jones wavin' his black flag countin' up his bones