Dm Dm C Dm I am a young mariner headed to war F Dm Iʼm thinkinʼ ʼbout my family and what it was for F Dm Thereʼs water on the wood and the sails feel good C Dm And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea Exploded on the water for everyone for everyone to see And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy Dm C Dm I saw him in Nassau in ninteen seventy one F Dm His strength was failinʼ but he still ran a run F Dm He worked ʼtil his fingers wore to the bone C Dm To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron That steel hull freighter was passinʼ its time And time flew by faster with life on the sea And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy I am a young mariner headed to war Iʼm thinkinʼ ʼbout my family and what it was for Thereʼs water on the wood and the sails feel good And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good
