By: Elliot Lurie 1972
[1]
Performed: Looking Glass [2]
D F#m Em Bm
There's a port , on a western bay
Em G C/G G
And it serves , a hundred ships a day
D F#m Em Bm Em G D
Lonely sailors , pass the time away, and talk a bout their homes
D F#m Em Bm
There's a girl , in this harbour town
Em G C/G G
And she works , laying whiskey down
D F#m Em Bm Em G D
They say Brandy , fetch another round, she serves them whiskey and wine
Bm7 G
The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl
Bm7 G
What a good wife you would be
A Asus4/Gb G D/F# Bm7 A
Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea
D F#m Em Bm
Brandy , wears a braided chain
Em G C/G G
Made of the finest silver from the north of spain
D F#m Em Bm Em G D
A locket , that bears the name of the man that Brandy loves
D F#m Em Bm
He came , on a summers day
Em G C/G G
Bearing gifts , from far a way
D F#m Em Bm Em G D
But he made it clear, he couldn't stay, no harbour was his home
Bm7 G
The sailor said Brandy, you're a fine girl
Bm7 Gmaj7
What a good wife you would be
A Asus4/Gb G D/F# Bm7 A
But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea
Bm7 A G A
Yes Brandy used to watch his eyes as he told his sailor's stories
Bm7 A G A
She could feel the ocean fall and rise, she saw its raging glory
Bm7 C/G Bm7
But he had always told the truth , Lord he was an honest man
Asus4/Gb A G D Bm7 A
And Brandy does her best to under stand
D F#m Em Bm
At night , when the bars close down
Em G C/G G
Brandy walks through a silent town
D F#m Em Bm Em G D
And loves a man, who's not a round, she still can hear him say
Bm7 G
She hears him say Brandy, you're a fine girl
Bm7 G
What a good wife you would be
A Asus4/Gb G D/F# Bm A
But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea
D/F# 200232 C/G 332010 Asus/Gb x0423x Bm7 x24232
Created 2010 Jun 23 22:46
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