O Captain
Polka BastardsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The intro is the underlying progession of almost the whole song.
O'Captain my captain the ship is going down
O'Captain my captain won't you please turn around
Women and children on the life raft first
No pushing no shoving, I said children first
O'Captain my captain won't you come aboard
There is nothing that you can do any more
But the captain just stood and looked over stern
Whith a look in his eye a look of concern
O'Captain my captain it's your last chance
O'Captain my captain live again to dance
But the water rose to the captains knee
As the ship sunk to the bottom of the sea
O'Captain my captain I bid the farewell
O'Captain my captain what a tale they will tell
With the captains last breath he tipped his hat to me
That is all of the captain that I'll ever see
O'Captain my captain now turned to bubbles
>From here they go (on the album) into the big jam, but
I don't have time to tab that out now. If I get any
requests, maybe I'll post it later.
-.K.
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Readable chord sheet for O Captain by Polka Bastards
[A] [B9] [B] [C#9] [C] [A] [E] The intro is the underlying progession of almost the whole song. [A] [B9] [B] [C#9] [A] [B9] [B] [C#9] [C] [B] [A] [C] [B] [A] O'[A]Captain my[B9] captain th[B]e ship is goin[C#9]g down O'[A]Captain my[B9] captain won't yo[B]u please tur[C#9]n around [C]Women and [B]children on the [A]life raft first No [C]pushing no [B]shoving, I [A]said children first O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain [B]won't you come [C#9]aboard There is [A]nothing that [B9]you can [B]do any [C#9]more But the [C]captain just [B]stood and [A]looked over stern Whith a [C]look in his [B]eye a [A]look of concern O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain [B]it's your last [C#9]chance O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain live [B]again to [C#9]dance But the [C]water [B]rose to the [A]captains knee As the [C]ship [B]sunk to the [A]bottom of the sea O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain I [B]bid the [C#9]farewell O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain what a [B]tale they will [C#9]tell With the [C]captains last [B]breath he [A]tipped his hat to me That is [C]all of the [B]captain that [A]I'll ever see O'[A]Captain my [B9]captain [B]now turned to [C#9]bubbles >From here they go (on the album) into the big jam, but I don't have time to tab that out now. If I get any requests, maybe I'll post it later. -[C].K.