| Intro: |
| (4 times) |
| D | G |
| then: |
| D | Dm9 | Dsus | D | Dm9 | C | D |
| Succession of |
| D | Dm9 | Dsus | D | Dm9 | C D |
| Everybody, listen to me |
| And return me my ship |
| I'm your captain, I'm your captain |
| Though I'm feeling mighty sick |
| I've been lost now, days uncounted |
| And it's months since I've seen home |
| Can you hear me? Can you hear me? |
| Poor am I, all alone |
| If you return me to my home port |
| I will kiss you mother earth |
| Take me back now, take me back now |
| To the port of my birth |
| A | Dm | Bb | Dm | |
| Am | I in my cab | in dream | ing |
| Or are you really scheming |
| F | A | |
| To take my ship away from | me? |
| Dm | Bb | Dm | |
| You better | think about it |
| I just can't live without it |
| Bb | F | A | |
| So please don't | take my ship from | me |
| D | G | D | G | |
| (4 times) |
| Yeah yeah yeah |
| Succession of D Dm9 Dsus D Dm9 C D |
| I can feel the hand of a stranger |
| And it's tied me around my throat |
| Heaven help me, heaven help me |
| Take this stranger off my boat |
| I'm your captain, I'm your captain |
| Though I'm feeling mighty sick |
| Everybody, listen to me |
| And return me me ship |
| I'm your captain, yeah, yeah yeah |
| I'm getting closer to my home (27 times till fade) |