This Ships Going Down

  Am                                                    E7
A gargantuan hole in the bow, will the ocean to enter allow.
       Am              Dm                 E7                        Am
Oh but more a sin than letting it in it's letting our good fortune out.
    Am                                                                E
The nest to the storm did succumb, while the crow hid his fear in the rum.
        Am                 Dm                      E7             Am
And the mast, it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum.
     Am                                                       E7
Love letters from under his bed, holds the cabin boy over his head
  Am         Dm                  E7                  Am
A futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet.
          Am                                                      E7
They were penned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact.
Am                   Dm                        E                        Am
She'll conclude he's horribly rude 'cause he's sure as hell not writing back.

[tracet]    Dm           Am
'Cause this ship's going down
                      E7
All on account of the weather
Am
Though we'll drown
Dm
There's no need to frown
             E7           Am
'Cause we're all going together
      Dm                Am
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        E7
As I disappear into the sea
Am            Dm
'Cause I'm in good company
         E7           Am
As we're all going together

         Am                                              E7
I've had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine
       Am          Dm                   E7                 akm
Is the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine.
       Am                                                     E7
For my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can.
   Am                   Dm                E7                     Am
Oh well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man.

[tracet]    Dm           Am
'Cause this ship's going down
                      E7
All on account of the weather
Am
Though we'll drown
Dm
There's no need to frown
             E7           Am
'Cause we're all going together
      Dm                Am
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        E7
As I disappear into the sea
Am            Dm
'Cause I'm in good company
         E7           Am
As we're all going together

      Am                                                          E7
I was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye.
Am               Dm                       E7               Am
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye.
       Am                                                     E7
At the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word.
     Am                Dm                 E7               Am
So a fishgig I, lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard.

[tracet]    Dm           Am
'Cause this ship's going down
                      E7
All on account of the weather
Am
Though we'll drown
Dm
There's no need to frown
             E7           Am
'Cause we're all going together
      Dm                Am
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        E7
As I disappear into the sea

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