E
Oh Captain, What Are We Hiding From?
A E A
E
You've Been Hiding From The Start Did Some Lover Steal Your Heart,
G F#m
Or Did The Full Moon Make You Mad?
E A
E
Oh Captain, Why These Speechless Seas That Never Come To Land?
A E G
F#m
Oh I Need To Understand. Could A Little Light Be That Bad?
Interlude: (E C#m D A A Bm E) twice
E
I Can See Your Hands Are Roughened By The Wheel And The Rope.
E D
A D
I'd Like To Look To You For Hope, I Think It's Hiding There.
E
This Boat Is Blacked Out Like A City
F#m G#m A
Bm
Awaiting Bombers In The Night Oh You Held Your Helm So Tight
G F#m
And Yet The Sky Seems So Fair.
B
Who Guides This Ship. Dreaming Through The Seas
A E A E E F#m G A
Turning And Searching, Whichever Way You Please?
B
Speak To Me, I Need To See Your Face,
A E A E A E
Shadowy Captain,
E F#m D C
In A Darkened Space.
Interlude: (E C#m D A A Bm E) twice
E
If I Were To Spy A City Floating Just Above The Sea,
D C#m A
Could We Stop And Look For Me Among Those Playing On The Pier?
E
Or Would You Turn Away Knowing,
E
It Was Still A Ways Away, And If I Was There Today
G F#m
You Could Not See Me All That Clear
B
Who Guides This Ship. Dreaming Through The Seas
A E A E E F#m G A
Turning And Searching, Whichever Way You Please?
B
Speak To Me, I Need To See Your Face,
A E A E A E
Shadowy Captain,
E F#m D C
In A Darkened Space.
Interlude: (E C#m D A A Bm E) twice
F#m G#m F#m G#m
Shadow Captain
F#m G#m F#m G#m
Of A Charcoal Ship,
F#m G#m F#m G#m
Shadow Captain
F#m G#m F#m G#m
Of A Charcoal Ship,
F#m Eb (E C#m D A A
Bm E) twice
Trying To Give The Light The Slip
NOTE: "I'd appreciate any comments/corrections on this piece. It was difficult for
me to figure out since it's more of a piano piece."
Submitted by: David L'Heureux, Burlington, NC, USA <KrisNDave@aol.com>
Shadow
Captain (From the CSN album,
co-writen with Craig Doerge who wrote the music)