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White Squall by Stan Rogers - Guitar Chords
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Version 3
[Intro]
G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G Em C
Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
Bm Em D
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll North to the Sault
G Em C
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
Bm D G
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
[Verse]
G Em C
The kid was so damn eager, it was all so big and new
Bm Em D
You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do
G Em C
And evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing
Bm D G
And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring
[Chorus]
D D7 C Bm
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone into a white squall
[Riff]
G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G Em C
Now it's a thing that us old timers know, in a sultry summer calm
Bm Em D
There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb
G Em C
And a fifteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam
Bm D G
While the gale takes all before it with a scream
[Verse]
G Em C
The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky
Bm Em D
From where I stood I swear I could see tears fall from his eyes
G Em C
So I hadn't the heart to tell him, that he should be on a line
Bm D G
Even on a night so warm and fine
[Chorus]
D D7 C Bm
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone into a white squall
[Riff]
G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G Em C
When it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him get down
Bm Em D
But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound
G Em C
So I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face go pale
Bm D G
As he crawled hand over hand along the rail
[Verse]
G Em C
Now I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow
Bm Em D
And I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow
G Em C
Then like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again
Bm D G
Far over side I heard him call my name
[Chorus]
D D7 C Bm
But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone into a white squall
[Riff]
G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G Em C
So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do
Bm Em D
But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll North to the Sault
G Em C
And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail
Bm D G
And whirl off one more youngster in the gale
[Alt Chorus]
D D7 C Bm
And I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted
C Bm Em D
They go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem enchanted
G Em C
But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall
Bm D G
And her lover's gone into a white squall
[Riff]
G C G D7 G
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