you have the melody I assume? some tricky rhythms....

Here are the chords attached to the first verse....:

He was the [D]Captin [A}of the [E]nightin-[A]gale.
Twenty one [E]days from [D]Clyde in [E]coal
[A]He could [A7]smell the [D]flowers [A]of Bermud in the [D]gale
when he [D]died on the [D]north rock [A]shoal.

Just five short [Bm]hours [D]from Ber[E]mu-[A]da
in a [E]fine Oct-[A]ober [E]gale
[A]there came a [D]cry, oh [A]there be breakers dead a- [D]head from the [E]collier [Bm]Nightin-[E]gale.
[A]No sooner [D]had the [A]Captain [E]brought her [A]'round
came a [E]rending [A]crash be-[E]low
[A]hard on her [D]beam ends [A]groaning like the nightin-[D]gale
And over-[E]side her main[D]mast [A]blows.

hope this helps........

musicman......