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 C9 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,C9,A,B9,B,C9,C,B,A,C,B,A
A B9 B C9
O`Captain my captain the ship is going down
A B9 B C9
O`Captain my captain won`t you please turn around
C B A
Women and children on the life raft first
C B A
No pushing no shoving, I said children first
A B9 B C9
O`Captain my captain won`t you come aboard
A B9 B C9
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 C9
O`Captain my captain it`s your last chance
A B9 B C9
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 C9
O`Captain my captain I bid the farewell
A B9 B C9
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 C9
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.