«A Salty Dog»
(Gary Brooker — Keith Reid)
Intro:
(seagulls and surf sound effects)
strings (arranged for guitar):
Db-5 Csus4 C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
|—————-|—————-|—————-|—————|
|—8—8—8—8-|—8—8—8—8-|—8—8—8—8-|-6—6—6—6-|
|-10—10—10—10-|-10—10—9—9-|—8—8—8—8-|-8—8—7—7-|
|-11—11—11—11-|-10—10—10—10-|—8—8—8—8-|-8—8—8—8-|
|—————-|—————-|—————-|—————|
|—9—9—9—9-|—8—8—8—8-|—8—8—8—8-|-6—6—6—6-|
Verse 1:
Db-5 Csus4 C
«All hands on deck we’ve run afloat»
Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
I heard the captain cry
Ab6 Ab Cm/G Fm Fm7 Cm/Eb
Explore the ship replace the cook
Db-5 E6
Let no one leave alive
B/F# F#
Across the straits around the horn
B Bmaj7 B7
How far can sailors fly
E Em6/G
A twisted path our tortured course
B/F# F#sus4 F#
And no one left alive
Verse 2:
We sailed for parts unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak nor fortress bold
Could match our captain’s eye
Upon the seventh seasick day
We made our port of call
The sand so white and sea so blue
No mortal place at all
Break:
strings/piano (arranged for guitar):
B Ddim
v v v v v v v v
|-11———————|-4——7——6——7—|
|-12—-12—————|-3——6——6——6—|
|-11-11-11—-10—-11—|-4——7——7——7—|
|-13—-13-13-13—-13—|-0——0——0——0—|
|-14—-14—-14—-14—|———————-|
|————————|———————-|
F# Adim F#dim
v v v v v v v v
|—9—-6—————|——————-2—|
|-11—-7—————|-4————6——4—|
|-11-11-6—6—5——6—|-5————5——2—|
|-11—-8——8——8—|-4————7——4—|
|—9—-9——9——9—|-0————0——3—|
|———————-|——————-2—|
Verse 3:
We fired the gun and burned the mast
And rode from ship to shore
The captain cried, we sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons and many Junes
Have passed since we made land
And the salty dog, the seaman’s log
Your witness in my own hand
[repeat string/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
