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The Stowaway

Murray Gold
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Once  I found a stowaway
 Upon my  ship on Christmas Day
I  was fair, so I gave  him a chance.
 “You shouldn’t  be here, what’s your tale?
 I ought  to throw you to the whale.”
He  just smiled and said, “Come  here, let’s dance.”
 He said, “Borrow  or steal, I’ll find a way
 To be  with my lover upon  Christmas  Day
 And I’ll run, and  I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
 
 Next  Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.”
 He told me ‘bout his girl back home
 Waiting patient, all alone
 While we danced I shed a little tear.
 He closed his eyes, all out at sea
 I think he danced with her, not me
 I’ll just have to wait another year.
 He said, “Borrow or steal, I’ll find a way
 To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
 And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
 Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.
 I think  of him now and again
 I wonder  how his journey ends
As  I sail by on my  lonesome sea.
 That stranger  with the haunting face
Here,  then gone without a trace.
Lying  with his love, that’s  where he’ll be.
 Beg, borrow  or steal, I’ll find a way
 To be with  my lover upon  Christmas  Day
 And I’ll run, and  I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
 Next Christmas  I’ll see you, I’ll  be around.
 Beg, borrow or steal, I’ll find a way
 To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
 And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
 Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.

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Readable chord sheet for The Stowaway by Murray Gold

[C]       [C]       [F]       [F]
[C]       [C]       [G]       [G]
[C]       [C]       [F]       [F]
[C]       [C]       [G]       [G]

[C]       [C]       [F]       [C]
[F]       [C]       [Dm]       [G]
[C]       [C]       [F]       [C]
[F]       [C]   [Am]   [G]       [C]

[C]       [F]       [G]       [C]
[C]       [F]       [G]       [C]

[C]Once I found a stowaway [F]

Upon [G]my ship on Christmas D[C]ay

[Am]I was fair, so I g[Dm]ave him a chance.   [G]

“You shoul[C]dn’t be here, what’s your ta[F]le?

I o[G]ught to throw you to the whal[C]e.”

[Am]He just smiled and said, “Come[Dm] here, let’s dance.”                [G]

He said, “Borrow[C] or steal, I’ll find a wa[F]y              [C]

To be[F] with my lover upo[C]n Christma[Dm]s Day                [G]

And I’ll run, [C]and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the grou[F]nd             [C]

         [F]                     [C]     [Am]      [G]
Ne[C]xt Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.”

[C]       [F]       [G]       [C]
[C]       [F]       [G]       [C]

He told me ‘bout his girl back home
Waiting patient, all alone
While we danced I shed a little tear.
He closed his eyes, all out at sea
I think he danced with her, not me
I’ll just have to wait another year.

He said, “Borrow or steal, I’ll find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.

[G]       [D]       [A]       [D]

I t[D]hink of him now and again  [G]

I wo[A]nder how his journey en[D]ds

[Bm]As I sail by on [Em]my lonesome sea.           [A]

That stran[D]ger with the haunting face[G]

[A]Here, then gone without a trace.[D]

[Bm]Lying with his love, t[Em]hat’s where he’ll be.            [A]

Beg, borro[D]w or steal, I’ll find a w[G]ay             [D]

To be [G]with my lover upon[D] Christmas[Em] Day                 [A]

And I’ll run, [D]and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the grou[G]nd             [D]

Next Chri[G]stmas I’ll see you, I’[D]ll be around.[A]            [D]

Beg, borrow or steal, I’ll find a way
To be with my lover upon Christmas Day
And I’ll run, and I’ll roam, I’ll cover the ground
Next Christmas I’ll see you, I’ll be around.

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