Gordon Lightfoot – High And Dry chords

HIGH AND DRY
by Gordon Lightfoot 
(Good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords)

CHORDS
A = At5  007655
D = Dt5  000775
E = Et7  079900

INTRO
E  D  A  D
A  E  A  D
A  E  A  E

VERSE 1

        A         A With a lady-like devotion
     A                A She sails the bitter ocean
       D                   D If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
            D                A There'd be nothin' left but flotsam

CHORUS
         E         D Singin' why me oh my
            A               D Is there a better man than I
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A            D   Before you lie high and dry
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A      E Before you die
 
VERSE 2

     A               A Her sails blow like bubbles
          A             A While ya sip yer daily doubles
        D                     D If she wasn't so fond of the weather
           D                  A She might give the deckhands trouble

CHORUS

         E         D Singin' why me oh my
            A               D Is there a better man than I
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A            D   Before you lie high and dry
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A      E Before you die

VERSE 3
     A               A One day when I grew older
       A                 A And I found I could not hold her
     D                    D She took on a fine young skipper
          D               A Who soon run her up on a boulder

CHORUS

         E         D Singin' why me oh my
            A               D Is there a better man than I
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A            D   Before you lie high and dry
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A      E Before you die

VERSE 4
         A                A Now the pleasures of the harbor
       A              A Don't include a lady barber
       D                    D If it wasn't for Long John Silver
           D                     A All of us pirates would've been martyrs

CHORUS and END (repeat last 4 lines one time)

         E         D Singin' why me oh my
            A               D Is there a better man than I
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A            D   Before you lie high and dry
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A      E Before you die
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A            D  (hold D for 4 beats)
 Before you lie high and dry
            A                  E I hope you find your way back home
            A   E   A (these at 1 beat each)
 Before you die