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Version 1 Version 3Capo at 4th or transpose +4 for original, (or leave like this to sing with baritones!) (I actually shift 4.3 steps to match original). Ask if you want chord fingering help. Intro: Am F Am F C/G G F C/E Dm F/G Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo C Em Dm Am Dm F Bb F There's a port, on a western bay, and it serves, a hundred ships a day C Em Dm Am Dm F C Lonely sailors, pass the time away, and talk about their homes C Em Dm Am Dm F Bb F And there's a girl, in this harbor town, and she works, layin' whiskey down C Em Dm Am Dm F C They say Brandy, fetch another round, she serves them whiskey and wine, the sailors say Am F Am F Brandy, you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be C/G G F C/E Dm F/G Your eyes could steal a sailor, from the sea C Em Dm Am Dm F Bb F Brandy, wears a braided chain, made of the finest silver from the north of Spain C Em Dm Am Dm F C A locket, that bears the name, of a man that Brandy loved C Em Dm Am Dm F Bb F He came, on a summer's day, bringin' gifts, from far away C Em Dm Am Dm F C But he made it clear, he couldn't stay, no harbor was his home Am F Am F The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be C/G G F C/E Dm F/G But my life, my love and my lady is the sea Am G F G Yea Brandy used to watch his eyes when he told his sailor's story Am G F G She could feel the ocean fall and rise, she saw its ragin' glory Am Bb Am F But he had always told the truth, Lord, he was an honest man C/G G F C/E Dm F/G And Brandy does her best to understand C Em Dm Am Dm F Bb F At night, when the bars close down, Brandy walks through a silent town C Em Dm Am Dm F C And loves a man, who's not around, she still can hear him say Am F Am F She hears him say Brandy, you're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be C/G G F C/E Dm F/G But my life, my love and my lady is the sea Am F Am F Say Brandy, you're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be C/G G F C/E Dm F/G C But my life, my love and my lady is the sea