Accords : D7 : xx0212 G7 : 353433 It's acrimony down in the card-room_ with winning hands_ thrown on the baize__ For-gotten cards_ wait on the end_ of debate_ on the good old___ days__ Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty_ with memories__ not of the best__ And tempers are flyin'_ down at the Sai__-lor's_ Rest__ Blue eyes__ in wrinkled_ Morocco__ still search the hori_-zon_ for squalls__ And Zeroes_ in the sky_ and the watchkeeper's eye_ and_ the_ pawn__-shop__ balls__ The spice in the wind_ off_ of Java__ and the bars_ in Papeete_ were best__ But the deck is too_ steady_ down at the Sai__-lor's_ Rest__ And_ oh___ how they_ talked of the day_ they'd_ ar-rived__ When after the years_ all_ the storms_ and the tears_ still_ ve_-ry_ much_ a-live__ And_ oh___ how their lives__ were spilled_ out_ on the floor__ From the bat_-tered old_ seabags_ the journals and logs_ And the keep_-sakes_ locked_ in_ the chests_ That were stowed in the attic_ down at the Sai__lor's_ Rest__ No_ rail_ on the messroom table_ and you're dead if you spit on the floor_ No grog allowed_ no_ singin' too loud_ and no locks on__ the doors_ But there's always a fire in_ the card room__ and the tucker is_ al_-ways the best_ And they'll end it together_ down at the Sai__-lor's_ Rest__ And_ oh___ how they_ talked of the day_ they'd_ ar-rived__ When after the years_ all_ the storms_ and the tears_ still_ ve_-ry_ much_ a-live__ And_ oh___ how their lives__ were spilled_ out_ on the floor__ From the bat_-tered old_ seabags_ the journals and logs_ And the keep_-sakes_ locked_ in_ the chests_ That were stowed in the attic_ down at the Sai__lor's_ Rest__ So_ it's acrimony down in the card-room_ with winning hands_ thrown on the baize "Hummm" For-gotten cards wait_ on the end of_ debate_ on the good old__ days__ Captains and mates_ gettin' tes-ty_ with memories_ not of the best_ But they'll end it together_ down at the Sai__-lor's_ Rest__ [ralentissement] It's acrimony down in the card-room