Steeleye Span – Let Her Go Down chords

Let Her Go Down  by  Steeleye Span

CAPO 2nd Fret

[INTRO:[  C   G    C    F   (2x)

VERSE 1:
C             FSometime in October,
   G           F         CWe sailed from England's shore
        G        C    G      CWhen we sailed into a raging storm
          F           G      CLike I've never, ever seen before
    F                          GAnd all of the crew, they were brave men
        C               C7  FBut the captain, he was braver
          G     C        G        CHe said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,
                            FThere's none of us here can save her”


CHORUS:                
            C      C   G   F“Let her go down     
              C      C   G   FSwim for your lives
              CSwim for your children
Dm            GSwim for your wives  
               C       C   G   FBut let her go down 
           C         C   G   FLet her go down”


VERSE 2:
C                FLost in the open ocean
           G           F        CThere were some of the crew and me
       G       C           G       CAs the captain steered our wounded ship
       F            G     CTo the bottom of an angry sea
             F                   GAnd with his dying breath we all heard him say,
          C            C7  F"It's the fortune of a sailor"
              G     C        G        CAnd he said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,
                            FThere's none of us here can save her”


CHORUS:                
            C      C   G   F“Let her go down     
              C      C   G   FSwim for your lives
              CSwim for your children
Dm            GSwim for your wives  
               C       C   G   FBut let her go down 
           C        C   G   DLet her go down”


                   * Key change - Up 2 semi-tones *


VERSE 3:
D                  GHe wondered if his shipmates
     A             G             DWere ready just to pray and give in
      A            D         A      DSo he called their names out one by one
                 G         A         DBut there was no one else around but him
           G                    AHe saw the ship go down in the fading light
       D                  D7    GAnd he knew he could have saved her
              A       D              A       DHe said, "The captain lied, when the captain cried",
                             G'There's none of us here can save her";


CHORUS:                
            D      D   A   G“Let her go down     
              D      D   A   GSwim for your lives
              DSwim for your children
Em            ASwim for your wives  
               D       D   A   GBut let her go down 
           D        D   A   GLet her go down
           D        D   A   GLet her go down
           D     Let her go down”