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