Ocean Ranger

By Eugene Blanchard
Copyright 1983, 2000

D                  G
Man the lifeboats
Am
Someone cried
G  D
At me

We're listing more
Than 12 degrees
Going into the sea

The wind was screaming
The spray was cold
I couldn't see

D     Am
Ocean Ranger
C
Why do I hear death
G          Em
Calling to me
G        D
From the sea

The night was black
Like crude oil
I wanted to flea

The big rig bucked
and kicked its heels
against the sea

Up the gangway
While the waves 
Clawed at me

Ocean Ranger
Why do I hear death
Calling to me
From the sea

Lifeboats away
5 men aboard
That I can see

The rig rolled over
The devil smiled
smiled at me

It caught the lifeboat
in the middle
we were sucked into the sea

Ocean Ranger
Why do I hear death
Calling to me
From the sea