I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick I've been lost now for days uncounted And it's months since I've seen home Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Or am I all alone? If you return me to my home port I will kiss you Mother Earth Take me back now Take me back now To the port of my birth (bridge) Am I in my cabin dreaming? Or are you really scheming To take my ship away from me? You'd better think about it I just can't live without it So please don't take my ship from me I can feel the hand of a stranger And it's tightening around my throat Heaven help me Heaven help me Take this stranger from my boat I'm your captain I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You'd better think about it, I just can't live without it. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related movements. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. The song conveys the pleas of a captain on a troubled. 'I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)' is a 1970 song written by American musician Mark Farner and recorded by Grand Funk Railroad as the closing track to their album Closer to Home. In this part the Acoustic sustains chords while the Electric plays a Strumming) twice, like after the lead in the beginning.Īfter that the Electric comes in playing the same thing, but with Wah-Wah,Īnd then back to the D Dsus2 D Cadd9 strumming pattern for about 24 times.ĭuring this the lyrics go "I can feel the hand, of a stranger.".ĭ Csus2 D F6/C e| -2 -| -3 -| REPEAT the chords e| -2 -| -10 -|ī| -3 -| -3 -| 5 times B| -3 -| -10 -|Ī| -0 -| -3 -| Then play this A| -0 -| -| Then the Acoustic plays D and Cadd9 (just sustaining the chords, not Am I in my cabin dreaming, or are you really scheming,Ģ. Verse and then an additional 8 times with no singing.Īnd the bass plays 2 measures e|-1-|-(3)-|-1-|-0-| I think that you play the chord progression above about 9 times for EACH
Lost now." and the other with "If you return me to my home port.". There are two verses with the chords above.
But, keepĮ| -| the Electric's volume down. Is played, the lyrics come in, "Ev'rybody listen to me.".ĭ Dsus2 D Cadd9 e| -2 -2 -0 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -| This is played about 11 times.ī| -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -| When the lyrics get to "I've been The Electric drops out and the Acoustic plays. Then Electric JOINS the Acoustic by playing the same chords, D and Cadd9.īut, the Electric uses Wah-Wah. Now the acoustic immediately jumps in with this chord progression: There is also a part where the electric uses a WAH-WAHĮ| -| -|ī| -0 -1 -0 -| -1 -| Is a small lead riff for the electric guitar at the very beginning, and it There is a combination ofĪcoustic and electric guitars in this song. You play the same chords for about 5 minutes.
This is one of those songs that is impossible to sing while you are playing.Īlthough, if you know a decent bass player, then this song is great to play.
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