Flying Dutchman

Jethro Tull: Flying Dutchman Album: Stormwatch Chords: Håkan Mattsson Piano intro Em D repeatedly Old lady with a barrow; life near ending Standing by the harbour wall; warm wishes sending   children on the cold sea swell ---   not fishers of men ---   gone to chase away the last herring:   come empty home again. So come all you lovers of the good life   on your supermarket run --- Set a sail of your own devising   and be there when the Dutchman comes   you’d better be there when the Dutchman comes.   ... Wee girl in a straw hat: from far east warring Sad cargo of an old ship: young bodies whoring   Slow ocean hobo ---   ports closed to her crew   No hope of immigration ---   keep on passing through. So come all you lovers of the good life   your children playing in the sun --- Set a sympathetic flag a-flying   and be there when the Dutchman comes   you’d better be there when the Dutchman comes.   Instrumental:   x4       x5 (?) Death grinning like a scarecrow --- Flying Dutchman Seagull pilots flown from nowhere --- try and touch one   as she slips in on the full tide   and the harbour-master yells All hands vanished with the captain ---   no one left the tale to tell. So come all you lovers of the good life   Look around you can you see? Staring ghostly in the mirror ---   it’s the Dutchman you will be ..floating slowly out to sea   in a misty misery. Em D  repeatedly End: