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(Verse 1)

Am (x02210@1)                                                  EA (022100@1)gargantuan hole in the bow, will the ocean to enter allow.

Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)               E (022100@1)                      AmOh (x02210@1)but more a sin than letting it in it's letting our good fortune out.

Am (x02210@1)                                                              EThe (022100@1)nest to the storm did succumb, while the crow hid his fear in the rum.

Am (x02210@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)                    E (022100@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)the mast, it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum.

Am (x02210@1)                                                     ELove (022100@1)letters from under his bed, holds the cabin boy over his head

Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)                E (022100@1)                AmA (x02210@1)futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet.

Am (x02210@1)                                                    EThey (022100@1)were penned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact.

Am (x02210@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)                      E (022100@1)                      AmShe'll (x02210@1)conclude he's horribly rude 'cause he's sure as hell not writing back.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    Dm (xx0231@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AmThough (x02210@1)we'll drown

DmThere's (xx0231@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)we're all going together

Dm (xx0231@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

EAs (022100@1)I disappear into the sea

Am (x02210@1)          Dm'Cause (xx0231@1)I'm in good company

E (022100@1)         AmAs (x02210@1)we're all going together



(Verse 2)

Am (x02210@1)                                            EI've (022100@1)had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine

Am (x02210@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)                 E (022100@1)               akm
Is the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine.

Am (x02210@1)                                                   EFor (022100@1)my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can.

Am (x02210@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)              E (022100@1)                   AmOh (x02210@1)well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    Dm (xx0231@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AmThough (x02210@1)we'll drown

DmThere's (xx0231@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)we're all going together

Dm (xx0231@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

EAs (022100@1)I disappear into the sea

Am (x02210@1)          Dm'Cause (xx0231@1)I'm in good company

E (022100@1)         AmAs (x02210@1)we're all going together



(Verse 3)

Am (x02210@1)                                                        EI (022100@1)was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye.

Am (x02210@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)                     E (022100@1)             AmSeaman (x02210@1)Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye.

Am (x02210@1)                                                   EAt (022100@1)the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word.

Am (x02210@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)               E (022100@1)             AmSo (x02210@1)a fishgig I, lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    Dm (xx0231@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AmThough (x02210@1)we'll drown

DmThere's (xx0231@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         Am'Cause (x02210@1)we're all going together

Dm (xx0231@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

E [let ring]
As I disappear into the sea

Oh hell!

am [strum once]         dm [strum once]
'Cause you've all been so good to me

E [strum once]  Am
So we're all going     together.