Intro: [C#6] [Bbm7] [C#6] [Bbm7] [C#6] [Bbm7] [C#6]
[Bbm] It was way past mid - [Ab] night
And she [F#] still couldn't fall [Ab] asleep
[Bbm] This night the [Ab] dream was leaving
[F#] She tried so hard to [Ab] keep
[Bbm] And with the new day's [Ab] dawning
[Eb] She felt it driftin’ away.
[F#] Not only for a [Ab] cruise, not only for a [Bbm] day
[C] [Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
Chorus" Too long ago, too long a - [Am7] part
She couldn't wait another [Ab] day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C] heart.
[Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
As the day came up, she made a [Am7] stop.
She stopped waiting another [Ab] day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C#6] heart.
[C] [Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
Chorus: Too long ago, too long a - [Am7] part
She couldn't wait another [Ab] day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C#6] heart.
[Bbm] [Ab] [F#] [Bbm] [Ab] [F#]-[Bbm] [Ab] [F#] [Bbm] [Ab] [Bbm]-[C] [Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
Chorus: Too long ago, too long a - [Am7] part
She couldn't wait another [Ab] day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C] heart.
[Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
As the day came up, she made a [Am7] stop.
She stopped waiting another [Ab] day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C] heart.
[Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]-[Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]-[Am7] [Ab] [Bb6] [C]
Outro: Too long ago, too [Am7] long apart
She couldn't [Ab] wait another day for
[Bb6] The captain of her [C] heart [Am7] [Ab]
[Bb6] The captain of [C] her heart.