Gordon Lightfoot - High And Dry

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