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    G - F - G (2x)

 

      G                     F#    - C                       B7

1.       Full fathom five,          someday I'll lie,

G                                 F#      - C                              B7

    singing songs that come,        from dead men's tongues,

                 C                 C

    anchor me, anchor me.

 

    G                            F#      - C                            B7

2.     As the compass turns          and the glass it falls,

G                                    F#    - C                                B7

    and the storm clouds roll,          and the gulls they call,

                 C                C

    anchor me, anchor me.

 

                   - G               D              G                                     C

Anchor me,       anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                   - G               D              G                                     C

Anchor me,       anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                   - C                      - C

anchor me,         anchor me,         anchor me.

 

+  G - F - G (4x)

 

    G                               F#    - C                          B7

3.      Let the salt spray lash         the shivering skin,

G                                         F#     - C                                  B7

    where the green waves crash         and the whirlpools spin,

                 C                 C

    anchor me, anchor me.

 

                   - G               D              G                                     C

Anchor me,       anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                   - G               D              G                                     C

Anchor me,       anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                   - C                       - C

anchor me,         anchor me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bb                                  Am  - G#                                  G

    Where the Banshees cry            and the bells they sound,

Em                           G     - Bm                                Am

    when you lift me high,           when you pull me down,

                                   C                                     G

    when you pull me down, when you pull me down.

 

              D              G                                     C

Anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                    - G              D              G                                     C

Anchor me,       anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

                    - C                       - C

anchor me,          anchor me,          anchor me.

 

    G            - D - G - C

+      Ancho...................r me,

G              D              G                     C

    anchor me in the middle of your deep blue sea,

              G                   - D              G                      C

    your deep blue s.......ea, in the middle of your deep blue sea,

               G                  - D                G                   - C

    your deep blue s.......ea, anchor me, anchor m.....e,

                      - C                      - C                      - G

    anchor me,       anchor me,        anchor me.

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Mutton Birds)