Sea Stories (CHORDS) by Sturgill Simpson

Verse-1~

F
Basic was just like papaw says

            Bb                      F
"Keep your mouth shut and you'll be fine"

                                                      C
Just another enlisted egg in the bowl for Uncle Sam's beater

         F
When you get to Dam Neck hear a voice in your head

         Bb                  F
Saying, "my life's no longer mine"

                           Bb   F
Have you running with some SAD SOG

C       F
BMF sandeaters


Verse-2~

F                                   Bb              F
Setting out on them high seas feels just like being born

                                                                C
That first port call in Thailand feels like a pollywog turning nineteen

            F                                                Bb                  F
They've got king cobras fighting in boxing rings and all the angels play Connect Four

Bb                    F            C                     F
Seems like a sailor's paradise but turns out to be a bad dream


Verse-3~

F                                            Bb            F
Now you hit the ground running in Tokyo from Kawasaki to Ebisu

                                                        C
Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ropongi, and Harajuku

         F                
Aw, from Pusan and Ko Chang, Pattaya to Phuket

     Bb                 F
From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur

Bb                 F                         C           F              
Seen damn near the whole damn world from the inside of a bar


Chorus~

         Bb                       F
I've got sea stories, they're all true

                                                    C
Might seem a little bit far-fetched but why would I lie to you

         Bb                             F
Memories make forever stains, still got salt running through my veins

                    C                  F
I've got sea stories and my shellback, too


Verse-4~

F                                        Bb              F
Sometimes Sirens send a ship off course, horizon gets so hazy

                                                     C
Maybe get high, play a little GoldenEye on that old 64

       F      
And if you get sick and can't manage the kick

        Bb
And get yourself kicked out the navy

                 F
You'll spend the next year trying to score

             Bb
From a futon life raft on the floor

        F
And the next fifteen trying to figure out

         C                 F
What the hell you did that for

                                          C            F
But flying high beats dying for lies in a politician's war