Verse:
D#7 G# Cm Fm
Thereʼs a Port on a Western bay and it serves
C# G# D#7
A hundred ships a day lonely sailors
G# Cm Fm G# D#7
Pass the time away and talk about their homes
D#7 G# Cm
And thereʼs a girl in this harbor town
Fm C# G#
And she works layinʼ whiskey down
D#7 G# Cm
They say Brandy fetch another round
Fm G# D#7
She serves them whiskey and wine
Chorus:
Cm G#
The sailors say Brandy youʼre a fine girl (you’re a fine girl)
Cm G#
What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl)
D#7 A# G# D#7 G#
Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea (do, do...)
Verse:
D#7 G# Cm
Brandy wears a braided chain
Fm G# C# G#
Made of finest silver from the north of Spain
D#7 G# Cm
A locket that bears the name
Fm G# D#7
Of the man that Brandy loves
D#7 G# Cm
He came on a summerʼs day
Fm C# G#
Bringing gifts from far away
D#7 G# Cm
But he made it clear he couldnʼt stay
Fm G# D#7
No harbor was his home
Chorus:
Cm G#
The sailors say Brandy youʼre a fine girl (you’re a fine girl)
Cm G#
What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl)
D#7 A# G# D#7 G#
But my life my lover my lady is the sea (do, do...)
Bridge:
Cm D#7
Yeah Brandy used to watch his eyes
G# A#
When he told his sailorʼs stories
Cm D#7
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
G# A#
She saw itʼs raging glory
Cm C#
But he had always told the truth
Cm G#
Lord he was an honest man
D#7 A# G# D#7 G#
And Brandy does her best to understand (do, do...)
Verse:
D#7 G# Cm
At night when the bars close down
Fm G# C# G#
Brandy walks through a silent town
D#7 G# Cm
And loves a man whoʼs not around
Fm G# D#7
She still can hear him say she hears him say
Chorus:
Cm G#
She hears him say Brandy youʼre a fine girl (you’re a fine girl)
Cm G#
What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl)
D#7 A# G# D#7 G#
But my life my lover my lady is the sea (do, do...)
Cm G#
Say Brandy youʼre a fine girl (you’re a fine girl)
Cm G#
What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl)
D#7 A# G# D#7 G# G# D#7
But my life my lover my lady is the sea (do, do...)
