Intro F#m F#m Bm C#m Bm C#m F#m F#m Bm C#m Bm C#m EmVerse 1:
F#m The Greyhound's sinking in the waves, as fast the sea receives her E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave! F#m And Captain Bryce is on her deck, so we, her hands, may leave her E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave!F#m E C#m D E Curse the Reaper cowled in black, he's laughing at your failing F#m E C#m Bm C#m Pull that oar until it cracks, we're bound for better sailing Bm C#m Bound for better sailing F#mVerse 2:
F#m At Bryce's word we went aloft, and fought the screaming bluster E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave! F#m We shortened sails and trimmed the ropes, with all that we could muster E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave!F#m E C#m D E Curse the Reaper cowled in black, he's laughing at your failing F#m E C#m Bm C#m Pull that oar until it cracks, we're bound for better sailing Bm C#m Bound for better sailing F#mVerse 3:
F#m The Greyhound fought to stay aright as, cruel, the wild waves tossed her E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave! F#m But when the mast began to crack, we knew that we had lost her E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave!Solo F#m F#m Bm C#m Bm C#m F#m F#m Bm C#m Bm C#m Outro F#m So put your back into it lads, and haul against the thunder E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave! F#m And cry a prayer into the winds the ship won't pull us under E D E F#m Curse the Reaper, bend your back and cheat your sorry grave!F#m E C#m D E Curse the Reaper cowled in black, he's laughing at your failing F#m E C#m Bm C#m Pull that oar until it cracks, we're bound for better sailing Bm C#m Bound for better sailing F#mF#m E C#m D E Curse the Reaper cowled in black, he's laughing at your failing F#m E C#m Bm C#m Pull that oar until it cracks, we're bound for better sailing Bm C#m Bound for better sailing F#m E C#m D E Curse the Reaper cowled in black, he's laughing at your failing F#m E C#m Bm C#m Pull that oar until it cracks, we're bound for better sailing Bm C#m Bound for better sailing F#m
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