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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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/polka_bastards/o_captain_crd_ver_2.html ]
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.
