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    The document is a song lyric and chord progression for the song "A Salty Dog" by the band Procol Harum. It describes a sailing voyage that takes a twisted course across the seas, with the crew facing hardship until they finally make port in an unearthly beautiful place. The lyrics recount the journey and the sailors' emotions, ending with the narrator reflecting on the ordeal through his log as a salty dog seaman. The chord progressions provided are for playing the song on guitar and piano.

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    The document is a song lyric and chord progression for the song "A Salty Dog" by the band Procol Harum. It describes a sailing voyage that takes a twisted course across the seas, with the crew facing hardship until they finally make port in an unearthly beautiful place. The lyrics recount the journey and the sailors' emotions, ending with the narrator reflecting on the ordeal through his log as a salty dog seaman. The chord progressions provided are for playing the song on guitar and piano.

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    The document is a song lyric and chord progression for the song "A Salty Dog" by the band Procol Harum. It describes a sailing voyage that takes a twisted course across the seas, with the crew facing hardship until they finally make port in an unearthly beautiful place. The lyrics recount the journey and the sailors' emotions, ending with the narrator reflecting on the ordeal through his log as a salty dog seaman. The chord progressions provided are for playing the song on guitar and piano.

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    A Salty Dog

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    A Salty Dog http://www.procolharum.com/a_salty_dog_crd.

    htm

    Procol Harum

    Beyond
    the Pale
    PH on stage | PH on record | PH in print | BtP features | What's new | Interact with BtP | For sale | Site search | Home

    "A Salty Dog"


    (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

    Intro:

    (seagulls and surf sound effects)

    strings (arranged for guitar):

    Db-5 Csus4 C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb


    |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
    |--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
    |-10--10--10--10-|-10--10---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---7---7-|
    |-11--11--11--11-|-10--10--10--10-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---8---8-|
    |----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
    |--9---9---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|

    Verse 1:

    Db-5 Csus4 C
    "All hands on deck we've run afloat"
    Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
    I heard the captain cry
    Ab6 Ab Cm/G Fm Fm7 Cm/Eb
    Explore the ship replace the cook
    Db-5 E6
    Let no one leave alive

    B/F# F#
    Across the straits around the horn
    B Bmaj7 B7
    How far can sailors fly
    E Em6/G
    A twisted path our tortured course
    B/F# F#sus4 F#
    And no one left alive

    Verse 2:

    We sailed for parts unknown to man


    Where ships come home to die
    No lofty peak nor fortress bold
    Could match our captain's eye

    Upon the seventh seasick day

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    A Salty Dog http://www.procolharum.com/a_salty_dog_crd.htm

    We made our port of call


    The sand so white and sea so blue
    No mortal place at all

    Break:

    strings/piano (arranged for guitar):

    B Ddim
    v v v v v v v v
    |-11--------------------|-4-----7-----6-----7--|
    |-12----12--------------|-3-----6-----6-----6--|
    |-11-11-11----10----11--|-4-----7-----7-----7--|
    |-13----13-13-13----13--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
    |-14----14----14----14--|----------------------|
    |-----------------------|----------------------|

    F# Adim F#dim
    v v v v v v v v
    |--9----6--------------|-------------------2--|
    |-11----7--------------|-4-----------6-----4--|
    |-11-11-6--6--5-----6--|-5-----------5-----2--|
    |-11----8-----8-----8--|-4-----------7-----4--|
    |--9----9-----9-----9--|-0-----------0-----3--|
    |----------------------|-------------------2--|

    Verse 3:

    We fired the gun and burned the mast


    And rode from ship to shore
    The captain cried, we sailors wept
    Our tears were tears of joy

    Now many moons and many Junes


    Have passed since we made land
    And the salty dog, the seaman's log
    Your witness in my own hand

    [repeat string/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls]

    -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogersstring/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls] -- another ace
    60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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