In[C] the coldness of[F] winter, with the[G] mountains so[C] grey
When the[Am] mother of [G]nature sent [F]nothing
but [C]rain
I stand [F]outside my door and[G] stare out to the[C] sea
And I[Am] think about that[G] awful day so[F]
long ago that[G] still remains with[C] me
See many moons ago my friend when I was but a lad
I sailed on board a trawler and some good times they were had
Our
captain`s name was Murphy and a fine old man was he
He taught me more than any man
The ways of life and the ways of
the sea
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And we[F] sailed the[G] stormy[C] seas my [Am]friend
I was[F] young and[G] wild and[C] free
It`s where[F] I became
a[G] man
Oh some[C] good times they were[Am] had
on the [F]spirit [G]of the [C]sea
I remember that day, when we sailed away
And left the town of Killybegs to vanish in our wake
We had a crew of
seven, captain Murphy at the helm
The mood that day was jolly
Every man on board he knew his job right well
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But the fish they were not plentiful, and we had to travel far
Much further out than we`d ever gone
before
Then a sudden storm it broke and the ship took on a list
Our captain said were going home
So we turned around
and sailed into the mist
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As we sailed for home at full speed, it soon became so clear
That we didn`t have a chance in hell, to
make it to the shore
Abandon ship our captain roared, before she drags us down
So one by one we said a prayer
Then
jumped right in, the choice to live or drowned
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Well by the next evening the rescue it was done
And the number of survivors, they counted only one
Oh
the seas a fickle mistress, now why did she smile on me
God keep you captain Murphy and your gallant crew
And the spirit
of the sea
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