Bm
I'd often watch the pelicans fly
    G
Effortless in their peaceful glide
 A
Ugly on land
            D      Bm
But beauti-ful in flight
         Bm
And I'd dream of journeying far away
 G
Away from the shackles of women today
 A
Away from my Fathers' shame
                 Bm
And my Mother's grave
   G
I saw my escape in a sailor called Jim
  Bm
Naive to believe if I married him
 A
I'd be free to live
          Bm
However I like


[Pre-Chorus]
     G
But every night he would drink
 Bm
Rage and use his fists
    F#m
I'd close my eyes and see
       A
The pelicans fly


[Chorus]
 Bm
Blow high, blow low
 G
I've been a ship with no sails to go
     A
And I'vе been hauling an anchor
 Bm
Bound to the deep below
 Bm
Blow high, blow low
G
I had a dream of a ship my own
     A
Onе day I'd haul up the anchor
     Bm
And head for the great unknown


[Instrumental]
G  Bm  A  Bm
G  Bm  F#m  A  Bm


[Verse 2]
    B            Bm
A woman in the eighteenth century
          G                 Bm
Is an anchored ship looking out to sea
    A
No soul
          A                 Bm
She's a vessel for all his needs
     Bm
And there I was moored to the shore

Waiting on him and his drunken war
  A
Firing on me till I'd wreck
              Bm
On the ocean floor
          G
But I steadied myself inside
 Bm
Held together by bits of twine
     A
I stashed my dreams
        Bm
Out of sight


[Pre-Chorus]

   G
But every night he would drink
 Bm
Rage and use his fists
    F#m
I'd close my eyes and see
       A
The pelicans fly


[Instrumental]
G  Bm  A  Bm


[Chorus]
 Bm
Blow high, blow low
 G
I've been a ship with no sails to go
     A
And I'vе been hauling an anchor
 Bm
Bound to the deep below
 Bm
Blow high, blow low
G
I had a dream of a ship my own
     A
Onе day I'd haul up the anchor
     Bm
And head for the great unknown


[Instrumental]
G  Bm  A  Bm
G  Bm  F#m  A  Bm