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White Squall

Stan Rogers

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From: Barrie McCombs WHITE SQUALL Time: 4/4 Tenor: C Bass: A - Stan Rogers, 1982, on: From Fresh Water 1 * 6m 4 Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do 3 * 2m 5 But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo 1 * 6m 4 And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail 3m 5 1 * And whirl off one more youngster in the gale 1 * 6m 4 The kid was so damned eager, it was all so big and new 3 * 2m 5 You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do 1 * 6m 4 And evenings on the mess deck, he was always first to sing 3m 5 1 * And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring CHORUS ONE (after verses 1, 3,): 5 57 4 3 But I told that kid a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted 6m 3 2m 5 They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted 1 * 6m 4 But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall 3 5 1 * And her lover's gone in-to a white squall Now it's a thing that us old-timers know, in a sultry summer calm There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb And a sixteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam While the gale takes all before it with a scream The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky >From where I stood, I swear I could, see tears fall from his eye So I hadn't the heart to tell him, that he should be on a line Even on a night so warm and fine CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO NOTES: - Write for the sheet music WHITE SQUALL PAGE TWO 1 * 6m 4 When it struck, he sat up with a start, I roared to him: Get down 3 * 2m 5 But for all that he could hear, I might as well not made a sound 1 * 6m 4 So I clung there to the stanchions and I felt my face grow pale 3m 5 1 * As he crawled hand-over-hand along the rail 1 * 6m 4 Now I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow 3 * 2m 5 And I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow 1 * 6m 4 Then like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright a-gain 3m 5 1 * While overside I heard him call my name 1 * 6m 4 So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do 3 * 2m 5 But watch the deadly waters glide, as we roll north to the Soo 1 * 6m 4 And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail 3m 5 1 * And whirl off one more youngster in the gale CHORUS TWO: 5 57 4 3 And I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the lakes for granted 6m 3 2m 5 They'll go from calm to a hundred knots, so fast they seem en-chanted 1 * 6m 4 But to-night some red-eyed Wiarton girl, lies staring at the wall 3 5 1 * And her lover's gone into a white squall SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Key of C: C D E F G A B - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt - Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)
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