ANCHOR ME - The Mutton Birds
A New Zealand classic! Here are the full chords and some lead parts.
The unusual chord is the D(b5) which is played
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Intro A chord with this lead (play twice)
e|------------------------|
B|-----------8------------|
G|--7--9--7-----7--9------|
D|------------------------|
Verse 1
A G#m D C#m
Full fathom five, someday I'll lie
A G#m D C#m
Singing songs that come, from dead men's tongues
D D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
A G#m D C#m
As the compass turns and the glass it falls
A G#m D C#m
And the storm clouds roll, and the gulls they call
D D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
Chorus
A E
Anchor me, anchor me
A D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
A E
Anchor me, anchor me
A D D(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
Repeat intro riff twice
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_mutton_birds/anchor_me_crd_ver_2.html ]
Verse 2
A G#m D C#m
Let the salt spray lash the shivering skin
A G#m D C#m
Where the green waves crash and the whirlpools spin
D D(B5)
Anchor me, anchor me
Chorus
A E
Anchor me, anchor me
A D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
A E
Anchor me, anchor me
A D D(B5)
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me, anchor me
Bridge
C Bm Bb A
Where the Banshees cry and the bells they sound
F#m A C#m Bm
When you lift me high, when you pull me down
D A
When you pull me down, when you pull me down
Lead part in bridge (piano arranged for guitar)
C Bm Bb A
e|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
B|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
G|-7-9-7-9-7-9-|x2 |-7-10-7-10-7-10-| |-7-9-7-9-7-9-|
D|-------------| |----------------| |-------------|
F#m A C#m Bm D
e|-------------| |--------------------------------|
B|-------------| |----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-|
G|-6-9-6-9-6-9-|x2 |-6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9---6-9----|
D|-------------| |--------------------------------|
D A
e|---------------------|
B|----7-9-10----7-9-10-|
G|-7-9-------7-9-------|
D|---------------------|
E
Anchor me
A D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
A E
Anchor me, anchor me
A D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
D(b5) A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
E A D
Anchor______________ me
A E
Anchor me
A D
In the mid-dle of your deep blue sea
A E
Your deep blue sea
A D
In the middle of your deep blue sea
A E
Your deep blue sea__
A D
Anchor me, anchor me
D D(B5) A
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
