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G D G C
It's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
D C D7For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
G C GAnd tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls
D C D7And Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls
The spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best
G C GBut the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest
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D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
D7-D7sus4 G7 CAnd, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
Em AmFrom the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
G C GThat were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
No rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor
D C D7No grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors
But there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best
G C GAnd they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest
CHORUS
D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C
And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived
When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live
D7-D7sus4 G7 CAnd, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor
Em AmFrom the battered old seabags, the journals and logs
And the keepsakes locked in the chests
G C GThat were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G C
So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize
D C D7For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days
Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best
G C GBut they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest
G D G
It's acrimony down in the card-room
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