High And Dry

high and dry by gordon lightfoot ( good for a simple lesson in broken barre chords ) chords A = at5 007655 D = dt5 000775 E = et7 079900 Intro E D A D A E A D A E A E Verse 1 A A with a lady - like devotion A A she sails the bitter ocean D D if it wasn’t for lovesick sailors D A there’d be nothin’ left but flotsam Chorus E D singin’ why me oh my A D is there a better man than i A E i hope you find your way back home A D before you lie high and dry A E i hope you find your way back home A E before you die Verse 2 A A her sails blow like bubbles A A while ya sip yer daily doubles D D if she wasn’t so fond of the weather D A she might give the deckhands trouble Chorus E D singin’ why me oh my A D is there a better man than i A E i hope you find your way back home A D before you lie high and dry A E i hope you find your way back home A E before you die Verse 3 A A one day when i grew older A A and i found i could not hold her D D she took on a fine young skipper D A who soon run her up on a boulder Chorus E D singin’ why me oh my A D is there a better man than i A E i hope you find your way back home A D before you lie high and dry A E i hope you find your way back home A E before you die Verse 4 A A now the pleasures of the harbor A A don’t include a lady barber D D if it wasn’t for long john silver D A all of us pirates would’ve been martyrs Chorus and end ( repeat last 4 lines one time ) E D singin’ why me oh my A D is there a better man than i A E i hope you find your way back home A D before you lie high and dry A E i hope you find your way back home A E before you die A E i hope you find your way back home A D ( hold D for 4 beats ) before you lie high and dry A E i hope you find your way back home A E A ( these at 1 beat each ) before you die