[ Captain Kennedy von Neil Young ]



	CAPTAIN KENNEDY - NEIL YOUNG
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	from: HAWKS & DOVES


	NOTES:
	These chords are meant to played in dropped-D tuning (low E
	to D) and capo on 3rd fret.
	There was some discussion about this on Rusted-Guitars, and other
	suggestions were: standard tuning and capo 1st fret, or double
	dropped-D with capo on 3rd fret.

	INTRO:
	  Dm  C  Dm
	  Dm  F  Dm
	  Dm  F  Dm
	  Dm  C  Dm

	Dm                   C         Dm
	I am a young mariner headed to war 
	Dm                               F           Dm
	I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for 
	Dm                     F                       Dm
	There's water on the wood and the sails feel good 
	Dm                                  C           Dm
	And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good. 

	My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy 
	He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea 
	Exploded on the water for everyone to see 
	And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy. 

	I saw him in Nassau in 1971 
	His strength was failin' but he still ran a run 
	He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone 
	To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own. 

	He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron 
	That steel hull freighter was passin' its time 
	And time flew by faster with life on the sea 
	And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy. 

	I am a young mariner headed to war 
	I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for 
	There's water on the wood and the sails feel good 
	And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.