Em


[Verse 1]

Em                    D
Once upon a time my existence
    Adim7        B7/A       Em
Was defined by ambition and trade
         G
Now it’s gone just like this
             Bm        D
The remnants of the exodus
     C          Am        Em
At a loss, all alone and afraid


[Chorus]

    Am               Em
The fire has left me long ago
     C     G            D
Once I was bristlin and brave
        C
Now I’m destined to wither
      G      D  Em
On an errand of fools
       Adim7    B7/A     G           D
And to lie in a mariners grave  (hey hey)


[Bridge 1]

Em D Adim7 B7/A


[Verse 2]

      Em
I was worn with the stress
        D
And the weight of progress
       Adim7      B7/A       Em
In the foremost uncertain of days
    G
Comatose, dark & still
         Bm                 D
Have the means but lost the will
            C          Am     Em
To take the fight to imposing ways


[Chorus]

    Am               Em
The fire has left me long ago
     C     G            D
Once I was bristlin' and brave
        C
Now I’m destined to wither
      G      D  Em
On an errand of fools
       Adim7    B7/A     G           D
And to lie in a mariners grave  (hey hey)


[Bridge 1]

Em D Adim7 B7/A


[Bridge 2]

Em D Em D Em D Em D G C G C Em D 


C                     G
Once I was branded in gold
                      C
Now I’m abandoned and sold
                      G
Servant, sentinel and slave
          D                 G
Doomed to lie in a mariners grave
     C                G
Once I was a summer domain
                  C
Now only winter remains
C                          G
Drawn and quartered, and flayed
          D                 G
Doomed to lie in a mariners grave