D                  G 
   I never used to miss the chance  
D                    G 
   To climb upon his knee 
D                    G   
   And listen to the many tales  
E7                  A 
   Of life upon the sea 
F#m                        G    
   We'd go sailing back on barkentines   
F#m                      G 
   And talk of things he did 
F#m                  G 
   Tomorrow's just a day away  
           E7     A         D 
   For the captain  and the kid 
 
His world had gone from sailing ships 

To raking mom's back yard 

He never could adjust to land  

Although he tried so hard  

We both were growing older then  

And wiser with our years 

That's when I came to understand 

The course his heart still steers 

He died about a month ago 

While winter filled the air 

And though I cried I was so proud 

To love a man so rare 

He's somewhere on the ocean now 

The place he ought to be 

With one hand on the starboard rail 

He's waving back at me 
 
Repeat first verse  

 
        E7       A           D   
For the captain     and this kid