Lock-keeper Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Dropped D

EYou say, "Well-met again, Lock-keeper!

 We're lC♯maden even deBeper that the tAime before

 OriF♯mental oils and tBea brought down from SEingapore."

EAs we wait for my lock to cycle

 I say, "My wC♯mife has just gBiven me a sAon."

F♯m"A son!" you cry, "Is tBhat all that you've dEone?"

She wears bougainvillea blossoms

You pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide,

Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside.

Her sighs catch on your shoulder

Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears

And I say, "How could you stand to leave her for a year?"

Chorus

 "Then cAome with me" you say, "to where the SF♯mouthern Cross

 Rides hBigh upon your sEhoulder."

 "C♯mCome with me!" you cBry,

 "Each dAay you tend this lF♯mock, you're one day oBlder

 While your bC♯mlood gBrows AcoldBer."

 But that aEnchor chain's a fetter

 AndC♯m with it you are tBethered to the fAoam

 And I wF♯mouldn't trade your lBife for one hour of hEome.

Sure I'm stuck here on the Seaway

While you compensate for leeway through the Trades;

And you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made.

And you laugh at hearts you've riven,

But which of these has given us more love or life,

You, your tropic maids, or me, my wife.

Chorus

Ah your anchor chain's a fetter

And with it you are tethered to the foam,

And I wouldn't trade your whole life for one hour of home.

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