(Verse 1)

A (x02220@1)                                                    EA (022100@1)gargantuan hole in the bow, will the ocean to enter allow.

A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)                      AOh (x02220@1)but more a sin than letting it in it's letting our good fortune out.

A (x02220@1)                                                               EThe (022100@1)nest to the storm did succumb, while the crow hid his fear in the rum.

A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)                                    E (022100@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)the mast, it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum.

A (x02220@1)                                                      ELove (022100@1)letters from under his bed, holds the cabin boy over his head

A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                AA (x02220@1)futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet.

A (x02220@1)                                                     EThey (022100@1)were penned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact.

A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)                      AShe'll (x02220@1)conclude he's horribly rude 'cause he's sure as hell not writing back.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    D (xx0232@1)          A'Cause (x02220@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AThough (x02220@1)we'll drown

DThere's (xx0232@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         A'Cause (x02220@1)we're all going together

D (xx0232@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

EAs (022100@1)I disappear into the sea

A (x02220@1)           D'Cause (xx0232@1)I'm in good company

E (022100@1)         AAs (x02220@1)we're all going together



(Verse 2)

A (x02220@1)                                             EI've (022100@1)had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine

A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)               AIs (x02220@1)the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine.

A (x02220@1)                                                    EFor (022100@1)my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can.

A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                   AOh (x02220@1)well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    D (xx0232@1)          A'Cause (x02220@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AThough (x02220@1)we'll drown

DThere's (xx0232@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         A'Cause (x02220@1)we're all going together

D (xx0232@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

EAs (022100@1)I disappear into the sea

A (x02220@1)           D'Cause (xx0232@1)I'm in good company

E (022100@1)         AAs (x02220@1)we're all going together



(Verse 3)

A (x02220@1)                                                         EI (022100@1)was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye.

A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)             ASeaman (x02220@1)Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye.

A (x02220@1)                                                    EAt (022100@1)the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word.

A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)             ASo (x02220@1)a fishgig I, lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard.



(Chorus)

[tracet]    D (xx0232@1)          A'Cause (x02220@1)this ship's going down

EAll (022100@1)on account of the weather

AThough (x02220@1)we'll drown

DThere's (xx0232@1)no need to frown

E (022100@1)         A'Cause (x02220@1)we're all going together

D (xx0232@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)I won't say "Woe is me"

E [let ring]
As I disappear into the sea

Oh hell!

a [strum once]         d [strum once]
'Cause you've all been so good to me

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