The Ropeworkers Song

Intro
Gm Dm  D#  D#  F  Gm  D#  Dm
Gm Dm  D#  D#  F  Gm  D#  D7

Verse 1
GmRopewalkers DmRise At DD#awn, Boots AA#lways WorFn, And TaGmr-Stained CloD#thing,Dm​
GmMoving Through LaDmndport StD#reets, On WA#eary FeetF, The DayGm UnfoD#lding.Dm​
GWork — The Ropewalk Was LEong, One Thousand AmFeet, Slowly We PDaced In The DD7ust And The HGeat,
GTar On Our EPalms, We Twisted The AmYarn, Backwards We MDoved, Pulling TD7aut On The D#Ropes,
D#Completed On TiA#me, For Ships Of The LiDne.      D7​

Chorus
GmTwist DmAnd D#Lay, DaD#y After DayF, UndGmer And OvD#er. Dm​
GmHeel TDmo ToD#e, BackD#wards We GoF, TheGm Life Of D#A RoDmper.

Verse 2
GmDrums On TheDm Morning D#Key, White SA#ails Set FFree, BriGmght Pennants D#FlyingDm,
GmBoys Ran AloDmng The ShD#ore, Ships OA#ff To WarF, And LovGmed Ones CryinD#g.    Dm​
GStays, From Twisted Up SEtrands, Then Tamed By My AmHands,
For Ships That Would DSail To Those D7Far Foreign LGands
GWind In The ESpars, Guided By SAmtars, The Stories I LDearned Of The D7Life Of A D#Tar,
TD#hey Called Out To Me,A# A Life On The SeDa.     D7​

Chorus
GmTwist DmAnd D#Lay, DaD#y After DayF, UndGmer And OvD#er. Dm​
GmHeel TDmo ToD#e, BackD#wards We GoF, TheGm Life Of D#A RoDmper.

Verse 3
WitGmh Winter The DmCoughing D#Came, My ThrA#oat AflamFe, And ChGmest Was BurniD#ng.   Dm​
My GmDreams Of ThDme Open SD#ea, I FA#oolishly,F IgnoGmred That WaD#rning.Dm​
GSo, I Stood With The ERest, And Hoped To AmImpress, I Asked For DA Berth On A D7Ship Headed WGest.
G“There’s Dust On Your LEungs,  It’s Sad, Your So AmYoung”  That Ended My HDopes, So BacD7k To The D#Ropes,
ND#ow Forever I’ll  StA#and,  Both Feet On Dry LanDd.     D7​

Chorus
GmTwist DmAnd D#Lay, DaD#y After DayF, UndGmer And OvD#er. Dm​
GmHeel TDmo ToD#e, BackD#wards We GoF, TheGm Life Of D#A RoDmper.

Verse 4
GmNow I Am DmBent With D#Age, I've TuA#rned A PaFge, My LiGmfe 'S ContentD#ed.   Dm​
GmIn Portsea I’ve DmLived My D#Life Not OA#n A ShFip But ReGmpreseD#nted Dm​
GTen Thousand Cables I’ve ELaid, With The Tools Of My AmTrade,
Mountains Of HDemp On The RoD7pewalk’s LongG Ways,
GWalked, Half Of The EWorld, Though Never At AmSea,
Ships That I DServed Sailing D7Wild And D#Free,
D#And The Rigging They ClA#imb, Made With Skills That Were MiDne.  D7​

Chorus
GmTwist DmAnd D#Lay, DaD#y After DayF, UndGmer And OvD#er. Dm​
GmHeel TDmo ToD#e, BackD#wards We GoF, TheGm Life Of D#A RoDmper.

GmTwist DmAnd D#Lay, DaD#y After DayF, UndGmer And OvD#er. Dm​
GmHeel TDmo ToD#e, BackD#wards We GoF, TheGm Life Of D#A RoDmper.