Triangle(Cavaco chords)

	        



Intro: C 

verse 1: 

Oh, the gist of it all is the first day of fall  
                                 F 
Is the day when my ship will set sail  
    G   
The best of all friends will say good-bye again  
                                         C 
There's still time for one last glass of ale  


verse 2: 

We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall  
                                F 
On a southwind and lots of good cheer  
    G   
And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover  
                        C 
We'll be in Bahama next year 


verse 3: 

From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us  
                          F 
Will teach us a lesson or two  
        G   
There's many a mate who unevenly stated  
                              C 
The course he had charted was true  


verse 4: 

'Don't worry 'bout me', he said, 'Go down below  
                          F 
Give a certified sailor a turn  
     G   
Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say, 
                           C 
'Son, you got something to learn'' 

                               
It's a mighty hard way to come down  
                            G   
And a mighty fine way to be found  
   C          F            C           F 
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship 
        C           F          G   
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips  
                               G7                   C 
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips 



VERSE 5: 

Oh, the best of all things is the first day of spring  
                              F 
When the water runs heavy and fast  
    G   
The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones' Ball  
                                        C 
And it seems their first trip was their last  


VERSE 6: 

They had so much fun they don't wish to return  
                                    F 
To the beach where they lay all day long  
       G   
They'd rather stay under and boy it's no wonder  
                                C 
When all the rock lobsters roll on  

It's a mighty fine way to be found 


VERSE 7: 

Triangle, Triangle, oh, see my ship dangle  
                          F 
We're bound for Bahama my friend  
     G   
Like lovers like danger, like babies like mangers  
                              C 
But that's where my storybook ends  


VERSE 8: 

Like soldiers of fortune, believers in god  
                                 F 
And all kings without crosses to bear  
    G   
All sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours  
                            C 
Should try the Triangle out there 

                                
It's a mighty hard way to come down  
                            G   
And a mighty fine way to be found  
   C          F            C           F 
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship 
        C           F          G   
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips  
                               G7                   C 
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips 



VERSE 9: 

When she took her last tumble, the sea bottom rumbled 
                          F 
There was no confusion or blame  
    G   
The captain said, 'Men we must answer again  
                             C 
To the sea, so ye may not complain'  


verse 10: 

And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep  
                                  F 
With their faces turned up to the stars  
  G   
A tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said 
                        C 
'There goes another sandbar' 

 
                                
It's a mighty hard way to come down  
                            G   
And a mighty fine way to be found  
   C          F            C           F 
So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship 
        C           F          G   
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips  
                               G7                   C 
With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips

	        

Written by Gordon Lightfoot