A Salty Dog

a salty dog ( simplified , in G ) by procol harum a worthy exercise in how majors , minors , sustained and sevenths of the same chords , as well as notes next to each other ( E , F , F# G ) can not only work together but be very melodic . sort of orchestral? zackly . G F#sus F# F#m7 Esus E ’all hands on deck , we’ve run afloe!’ i heard the captain cry D6 D F#m Bm Bm7 F#m Gm A# ’explore the ship , replace the cook : let no one leave alive!’ F C F Fmaj7 F7 across the straits , around the horn : how far can sailors fly? A# A#m F Csus - C a twisted path , our tortured course , and no one left alive we sailed for parts unknown to man , where ships come home to die no lofty peak , nor fortress bold , could match our captain’s eye upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call a sand so white , and sea so blue , no mortal place at all we fired the gun , and burned the mast , and rowed from ship to shore the captain cried , we sailors wept : our tears were tears of joy now many moons , how many junes , have passed since we made land a salty dog , this seaman’s log : your witness my own hand [ most lyrics show the 7th word "afloat" . just as when you run into the ground , and then you’ve run aground , should you happen to run into an ice floe - - a big chunk of ice like an iceberg , but mostly flat - - then you’ve run afloe . ]