D                     A
My name is Donald Crowhurst, I'm alive and well
F#m             E
I lost radio signal in pacific swells
D                  A
I've seen 30 foot waves, a blue whale
F#m                     E
I saw the end of the world open up its sails
D                 A
Got lost in the summer of '69
F#m                 E
I led you all to believe that I was doing fine
D                    A
This isn't the way I wanted it to end
  F#m                       E
I went to see the globe in gold and vivid red


[Instrumental]
D   A   F#m   E


[Verse 1]
D               F#m
What have I got myself into?
A                      E
Why'd it turn out this way?
D                    F#m
I hitched my bets on something bigger: 
   A             E
To climb the Everest of waves

D                     F#m
I knew exactly what I wanted to find
      A                 E
And I fear I've been deceived
   D                     F#m
It wasn't in the plan to lie to you all
       A                  E
But become the first king of the sea


[Chorus]
D                     A
My name is Donald Crowhurst, I'm alive and well
F#m             E
I lost radio signal in pacific swells
D                  A
I've seen 30 foot waves, a blue whale
F#m                     E
I saw the end of the world open up its sails
D                 A
Got lost in the summer of '69
F#m                 E
I led you all to believe that I was doing fine
D                    A
This isn't the way I wanted it to end
  F#m                       E
I went to see the globe in gold and vivid red


[Instrumental]
D   A   F#m   E  
D   A   F#m   E


[Verse 2]
D                 F#m
I might have lost count
         A                       E                  
But two hundred and forty three days I've found that
D                    F#m
I've been aimlessly drifting apart
      A                     E
From where should I be and where did I start
     D                F#m
And why did this end, how is this real
A                        E
Why is this happening to me?
                D     F#m
I didn't get an R S V P
         A                E
When I crowned myself the first king of the sea


[Alternate Chorus] 
D                      A
My name is Donald Crowhurst, this might be it
F#m           E
I never even left the Atlantic
D                           A
I've been lying for months, I've been struggling to cope
F#m                         E  
I saw the end of the world, and I think I broke
D                 A
I got lost in the summer of '69
F#m                 E
I led you all to believe that I was doing fine
D                    A
This isn't the way I wanted it to end
  F#m                      E                  D   A
I went to see the globe in gold and vivid reds
  F#m                      E
I went to see the globe in gold and vivid reds