Am it was night G A starry moonless sight F Out in the mid Atlantic E There sailed a ship of light Am She was big G This ship of luxury F Everything was peaceful E No safer place to be F And she sailed Fm Through the night C F G On her way Am C Am Am G F G Am Down among the dead men Am C Am Am G F G Am Down among the dead men C F G C The band played ------------------------------------- She sailed the virgin She sailed the sea Down among the dead men Captain Smith The master in command A man with wealth of wisdom A fine upstanding man But the fog He didn't hear the calls The ice mountain was waiting For fifteen hundred souls And she sailed Through the night On her way Down among the dead men Down among the dead men The band played She sailed the virgin She sailed the sea Down among the dead men Down among the dead men And into history