Down Easter Alexa

the downeaster "alexa" - billy joel Intro : Am - Em - G - Am 2 x C G Am well i’m on the down - easter A - lexa C G F and i’m cruising through block island sound . F C Dm i have chartered a course to the vineyard . C G F C - F but to - night i Am nantucket bound F G C F we took on diesel back in montauk yester - day , F G Am G/B and left this morning from the bell in gardiner’s bay . F G C F like all the locals here i’ve had to sell my home , F G Am G/B too proud to leave , i worked my fingers to the bone C G Am so i could own my down - easter A - lexa C G F and i go where the ocean is deep . F C Dm there are giants out there in the canyons . C G F C - F and a good captain can’t fall A - sleep F G C F i got bills to pay and children who need clothes . F G Am G/B i know there’s fish out there but where , god only knows . F G C F they say these waters aren’t what they used to be . F G Am G/B but i’ve got people back on land who count on me . C G Am so when you see my down - easter A - lexa C G F and if you work with the rod and the reel , F C Dm tell my wife i Am trolling at - lantis , C G F and i still have my hands on the wheel . instrumental Bridge : Am - Em - G - Am 2 x Em - G - D - Em Am - Em - G - Am C G Am now i drive my down - easter A - lexa C G F more and more miles from shore ev’ry year , F C Dm since they told me i can’t sell no stripers . C G F and there’s no luck in sword fishing here . F G C F i was a bayman like my father was be - fore . F G Am G/B can’t make a living as a bayman any - more . F G C F there ain’t much future for a man who works the sea . F G Am G/B but there ain’t no island left for islanders like me . C G Am ya , ya , yaa aaa yo C G Am ya , ya , yaa aaa yo C G Am ya , ya , yaa aaa yo C G Am ya , ya , yaa aaa yo// G/B x20003 not the 1th version . i addEd and changed some chords . credit to the others