Intro F C Dm C F C Dm Am F C I'm just a man but I know that I'm damned Dm C All the dead seem to know where I am F C Till it began on the night of my birth Dm Am We'll be done in a turn of the earth F C Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand Dm C I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave F C Every eye on the coast ever more Dm Am Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore ( F C Dm C ) ( F C Dm Am ) F C Under the waves and the earth of an age Dm C Lie a thousand old northerners graves F C Deep in the night when the Moon's glowing bright Dm Am They come rising up into the night F C Die if I must let my bones turn to dust Dm C I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave F C All who sail off the coast ever more Dm Am Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore ( C Am C Am ) C Am I'm goin' away for a long time C Am I'm goin' away for a long time F C Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand Dm C I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave F C Every eye on the coast ever more Dm Am Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore F C Die if I must let my bones turn to dust Dm C I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave F C All who sail off the coast ever more Dm Am Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore C Am I'm goin' away for a long time ( F C Dm C ) ( F C Dm Am )