AmThis (x02210@1)is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EIt (022100@1)happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm AmIt (x02210@1)was 1987 and winter nearly gone Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EOn (022100@1)that Friday running late with rolling off and rolling on AmTrucks (x02210@1)and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side Fmaj7Someone (1x3210@1)had to close the back door C (x32010@1) EThat (022100@1)day it must have slipped his mind AmHe (x02210@1)was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EWhile (022100@1)passengers were eating, indulging duty-free-for-all Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) AmHerald (x02210@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) G (320003@1) CIn (x32010@1)just ninety seconds, right down to the wire AmSailing (x02210@1)with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EAs (022100@1)they passed the Outer Mole the disaster could begin AmA (x02210@1)hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EThe (022100@1)lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard AmThen (x02210@1)nothing but silence, silence and the cold Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EHerald (022100@1)and her sisters never fit the mold Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) AmHerald (x02210@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) G (320003@1) CIn (x32010@1)just ninety seconds, right down to the wire AmTwo (x02210@1)months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) Pensioned off into the Thirld World where they named her Flushing Range AmBut (x02210@1)in ’88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt Fmaj7Pride (1x3210@1)and Spirit changed their names C (x32010@1) EThey (022100@1)were all doomed since they were built Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) CHerald (x32010@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G (320003@1) AmHerald (x02210@1)of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) G (320003@1) CIn (x32010@1)just ninety seconds, right down to the wire AmThis (x02210@1)is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EIt (022100@1)happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm AmI (x02210@1)was just a boy then, holding daddy’s hands Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) C (x32010@1) EWatching (022100@1)on tv how Herald’s time came to an end
