Sailor's Rest - Stan Rogers - Home In Halifax - Chords Note - I'm not exactly sure how he does the little thing at the beginning of the chorus, but I played around with my guitar a bit, and what I've got there sounds pretty good to me :P G D G C It's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize D C D7 For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days G G7 C A7 Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best G C G And tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest G D G C Blue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls D C D7 And Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls G G7 C A7 The spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best G C G But the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest CHORUS D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived Em C Am D When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live D7-D7sus4 G7 C And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor Em Am From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs Em A7 And the keepsakes locked in the chests G C G That were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest G D G C No rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor D C D7 No grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors G G7 C A7 But there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best G C G And they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest CHORUS D-D7-D7sus4 G7 C And, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived Em C Am D When after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live D7-D7sus4 G7 C And, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor Em Am From the battered old seabags, the journals and logs Em A7 And the keepsakes locked in the chests G C G That were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest G D G C So it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize D C D7 For-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days G G7 C A7 Captains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best G C G But they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest G D G It's acrimony down in the card-room Darcy Smith thescientist nonameman16@hotmail.com