High and Dry Chords & Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot
High and Dry
guitar chords lyrics
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
