Oh My Captain Chords

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Oh My Captain by Rayland Baxter is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Am, Em, F, C, G, G7, Esus4 and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro:  Am 

verse 1 

Am                     Em 
Oh my captain, Oh my captain 
          F                C 
I've been working hard for you 
          F                C 
Trying to make you love me too 
      F              C         G 
Doing all that I can do for my captain 
      Am                 C 
Oh my captain, open your eyes 
        F            C  
See the rebel on the stairs 
              F            C 
And are there roamers everywhere 
           F                 C            G 
And how it seems that no one cares for my captain 


G7                   C     F 
Tell me now what is going on 
G                         C        F 
  See the ground that I'm standing on 
       Em             F 
How it crumbles at my feet 
      Em               C 
As we dance you remind me 

verse 2 

      Am             Em 
Oh my captain, Oh my captain 
       F              C 
I've remembered every song 
             F                    C 
And now I've learned to sing them all 
        F              C             G    
Still I wonder what is wrong with my captain 
      Am                  C 
Oh my captain, hold on to me 
        F              C  
Tell me why you let me go 
            F                C  
And why the anchor man needs rope 
        F                C           G 
Already half way off the boat for my captain 


G7                  C     F 
Tell me now what is going on 
G                        C      F 
  See the tower that I'm coming from 
       Em                F 
How it shakes beneath my feet 
      Em              C 
As we fall you remind me 


Instrumental: Am Em Esus4 Em Esus4 Bb  F  C  Am  F G 


G7                  C     F 
Tell me now what is going on 
G                      C       F 
See the tower that I'm calling from 
       Em                F 
How it breaks beneath my feet 
      Em             C 
As we fly it reminds me 


Outro 

      Am             C 
Oh my captain, Oh my captain 
         F              C 
Now it's time for me to part 
           F              C 
To rip the needle from my heart 
        F                 C     G     C 
We were so wrong from the start oh my captain 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante