Wind Tatered Sails (Sailor's Blues)
Wind Tattered Sails (Sailor's Blues)
I wrote this song about a Norwegian sailor who fell in love, lost her to another man, and how he spent his life on the sea never succeeding in replacing what he lost in his former lover. Below are the lyrics
Wind Tattered Sails (Sailor’s Blues)
By Dave Peterson (Feb. 6, 2005)
[G] He left home one day, set [C] sails to the breeze
Not [G] thinking where the four winds would [D] blow.
Just [G] felt there was more
That life [C] had in store
Never [G] caring just [D] where he would [G] go.
[G] The only love he had known, [C] left him alone
He [G] struggled to understand [D] why
So he [G] turned to the sea
Her [C] memory to flee
Found [G] solace in a [D] bottle of [G] wine
Chorus
[D] Wind tattered sails,
And [C] sea battered rails
[G] Searchin’ for just the right [D] place
Those [C] sea weathered bones
And [G] ragged old clothes
Match the [G] scars and the [D] years on his [G] face
The seas they are hard, they’ll [C] steal what you own,
A [G] harlot whose pleasure doth [D] lure
Like a [G] thief in the night
If not [C] handled just right
You [G] find yourself [D] swallowed for [G] sure.
[G] He sailed all around, covered [C] plenty of ground
Found [G] places whose names he can’t [D] say,
The [G] pleasures at port
Kept [C] coming up short
And those [G] sails kept [D] taking him [G] away. (Chorus)
[G] After many a year, she [C] haunted him still,
Though the [G] waves did carry him [D] astray
He found [G] treasures and gold
But [C] nothing to hold
Her [G] memory [D] would not fade a [G] way
[G] These dusty old sails, [C] hands worn and frail,
So [G] faithful, trusting, and [D] true
He [G] ran a good race
There [C] is no disgrace
Oh, [G] woman, why’d you [D] leave him so [G] blue?
[D] Wind tattered sails,
And [C] sea battered rails
[G] Searchin’ for just the right [D] place
Those [C] sea weathered bones
And [G] ragged old clothes
Match the [G] scars and the [D] years on his [G] face
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