O Captain Cifras

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"O'Captain"
(Steed, Jones, Back)
 
by The Polka Bastards
 
This transcription from a live performance, but originally
from their debut album "Fishin' License."
 
Transcribed by Christopher M. Knuth.
 
Sent in by Todd Obermiller (Obermiller.1@nd.edu)
 
Here it is!  I have had many a request for this one, I was surprised to
see the Polka Bastards were not on Olga.  I think this is pretty close I
watched them play it at a recent concert in the Twin Cities.
 
Chord Voicings
        A       B9      B       C#9     C
e       5       7       7       9       8
B       5       7       7       9       8
G       6       7       8       9       9
D       7       5       9       7       10
A       -       -       -       -       -
E       -       -       -       -       -
 
The intro is the underlying progession of almost the whole song.
 
Intro: A,B9,B,C#9,A,B9,B,C#9,C,B,A,C,B,A
 
  A         B9         B             C#9
O'Captain my captain the ship is going down
 
  A         B9               B           C#9
O'Captain my captain won't you please turn around
 
C         B               A
Women and children on the life raft first
 
   C          B          A
No pushing no shoving, I said children first
 
  A          B9      B              C#9
O'Captain my captain won't you come aboard
 
         A            B9      B      C#9
There is nothing that you can do any more
 
        C            B         A
But the captain just stood and looked over stern
 
        C           B     A
Whith a look in his eye a look of concern
 
  A          B9      B              C#9
O'Captain my captain it's your last chance
 
  A          B9           B        C#9
O'Captain my captain live again to dance
 
        C     B           A
But the water rose to the captains knee
 
       C    B           A
As the ship sunk to the bottom of the sea
 
  A          B9        B       C#9
O'Captain my captain I bid the farewell
 
  A          B9             B              C#9
O'Captain my captain what a tale they will tell
 
         C             B         A
With the captains last breath he tipped his hat to me
 
        C          B            A
That is all of the captain that I'll ever see
 
  A          B9      B             C#9
O'Captain my captain now turned to bubbles
 
>From here they go (on the album) into the big jam, but
I don't have time to tab that out now. If I get any
requests, maybe I'll post it later.
 
-C.K.
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