The Devil’s Triangle
(Based on the early adventures of the Covenant of the Kraken)
Copyright 2010 - C.R.Fagan
Link To Download The Devil’s Triangle performed by the author
(Based on the early adventures of the Covenant of the Kraken)
Copyright 2010 - C.R.Fagan
Link To Download The Devil’s Triangle performed by the author
THE CHORUS:
Am C F Am
Some say the Devil rules the storms that drive our ships aground
Am C F Am
Others say it is the wrath of God for sailors sins that oft abound
Am C Em Am
But I know what waits out in that place, they call the Devil’s home
Am C Em Am
The Devil’s Triangle sends ships through time and in the past they roam.
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Am C F Am
She was born the “Constitution” from the mind of a great shipwright!
Am C F Am
She and her sisters were our answer when Barbary Pirates dared us to fight!
Am C F Am
In 1812 the English came back to make our nation a slave again,
Am C F Am
But her guns roared and rained havoc down striking fear into their men.
Am C F Am
The English attacked her fiercely and brought their mightiest guns to bear,
Am C F Am
But the balls bounced off until finally, “Her sides are iron!” they did declare!
Am C F Am
When the time came to retire her, a poem by Holmes gave her new life.
Am C F Am
He dubbed this ship “Old Ironsides” and we rewarded all her strife.
REPEAT CHORUS
Am C F Am
She now sailed as a school of learning, for young student officers of the North,
Am C F Am
But when smugglers or pirates got too close they learned, she still could sally forth.
Am C F Am
When war broke out, they moved her back, but refitted and readied to fight,
Am C F Am
But in the Civil War, she was used for little more, than chasing smugglers in the night.
Am C F Am
On a training cruise we spied a sloop attacking merchants off of the coast.
Am C F Am
She’d been converted to steam, and was long and lean, but had a dozen guns at the most.
Am C F Am
The Captain gave leave to attack, but she headed into a mist runnin' fast!
Am C F Am
We were sucked into a whirlpool and sent almost 300 years to the past
REPEAT CHORUS
Am C F Am
Though still a young lieutenant I found myself the senior man;
Am C F Am
For most lost their mind, jumped into the brine, or drank themselves around the bend.
Am C F Am
I formed a crew to repair and sail East looking for any port that availed.
Am C F Am
Yesterday Ironsides had been over the hill. Now she was the strongest ship that sailed!
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(Optional REPEAT CHORUS ARPEGGIO)
Sliding Down a Gravity Well
(Based on the early adventures of the Covenant of the Kraken)
CHORUS:
D Am G D
Old Ironsides was a mighty ship boasting 50 guns or more
D Am G D
Her sturdy Hull was built too strong for all but the largest bore!
D Am D Am
But the masts all broke, the men all choked, We thought we’d gone to Hell!
D Am G D
The day the grand ship Ironsides slid down a gravity well.
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D Am G D
When the war was done, we thought we’d have some fun, chasing smugglers on the sea,
D Am G D
But things changed one day, when we saw a sloop attack moving fast against the breeze.
D Am G D
We trailed her smoke East of Bermuda, to an island cove where she did hide,
D Am G D
But she could run into the wind mighty fast making it hard to break her stride.
D Am G D
On a full moon night, we laid a trap trailing a merchant ship from well up wind.
D Am G D
When the pirates showed, we raised the chase, and our guns started homing in.
D Am G D
The pirates slowed a bit when our chain shot tore a hole right through their main sail.
D Am G D
They turned hard to port and made a run for where the water’s blue had turned quite pale.
REPEAT CHORUS
D Am G D
Our hearts all froze when we crested a swell. We were sure they’d lost their minds.
D Am G D
We were all headed into a whirlpool. We didn’t know it was a portal of time!
D Am G D
An invisible force pulled me to the deck. ‘Couldn’t rise no matter how I’d try!
D Am G D
I remember thinking it strange seeing water above where before there had been the sky.
D Am G D
When I woke we were drifting in the dark with broken rudder, sails and masts.
D Am G D
Twas now a new moon night, but had been full moon bright while circling in waters fast.
D Am G D
Some men had died and others tried to follow them when we learned,
D Am G D
Our nation and families had ne’er been born, that’s how far back time had turned.
REPEAT CHORUS
D Am G D
We formed a group of privateers and made rules to keep us sane.
D Am G D
When men turn beast, they attack their own, and that’s every leader’s bane.
D Am G D
We swore an oath not to torture or rape, nor ever harm a child,
D Am G D
Nor to attack our own, save for treachery or to put down a dog gone wild!
D Am G D
Thus the Co-ven-ant of the Kraken was born, and we follow strict rules of war.
D Am G D
We fly the Kraken Flag and the Hourglass now above all the seven seas and the shore!
D Am G D
To go back home, our hearts still yearned, but we feared to make the trip,
D Am G D
We kept the gravity well a secret still and claimed the Turks had made our ship!
REPEAT CHORUS
D Am G D
We arrived at the Court of Isabella towing captured pirate ships.
D Am G D
Some wanted to try to take Ironsides, but the King & Queen kept their grip.
D Am G D
I sold them on using us as privateers, but then choked on their philosophy.
D Am G D
We now wander seeking fame and fortune and fight for freedom on the seven seas!
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