Rogers Stan

Rogers Stan - Sailors Rest guitar tab

From: Barrie McCombs

SAILOR'S REST Time: 4/4 (sync) Tenor: G Bass: G

- Stan Rogers, 1982, on: Home in Halifax

INTRO: 1, 4, *, 1

1 5 1 4 *

It's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize

5 * 4 5

For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days

17 * 4 2??

Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best

1 4 * 1

And tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest

1 5 1 4 *

Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls

5 * 4 5

And Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls

17 * 4 2??

The spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best

1 4 * 1

But the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest

CHORUS ONE:

5 * 17 4

And, oh____ how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived

6m 4 2m 5

When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live

5 * 17 4

And, oh____ how their lives were spilled out on the floor

6m 2m

>From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs /

6m 27

And the keepsakes locked in the chests

1 4 * 1

That were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest

1 5 1 4 *

No rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor

5 * 4 5

No grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors

17 * 4 2??

But there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best

1 4 * 1

And they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

NOTES:

SAILOR'S REST (PAGE TWO)

CHORUS TWO:

5 * 17 4

And, oh____ how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived

6m 4 2m 5

When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live

5 * 17 4

And, oh____ how their lives were spilled out on the floor

6m 2m

>From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs /

6m 27

/ And the keepsakes locked in the chests

1 4 * 1

That were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest

1 5 1 4 *

So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize

5 * 4 5

For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days

17 * 4 2??

Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best

1 4 * 1

But they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest

ENDING (SLOWLY):

1 5 1

It's acrimony down in the card-room

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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