INTRO: Bb

#1.
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Tell me, quick, said Old McFee..what's this all have 
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to do with me?..I've spent all my time at sea, a loner.
Bb                                      F
Is there something else I should know?..something hidden 
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down below, the level of your conversation?

CHORUS:
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Well, he turned away before the answer..
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though I yelled aloud, he refused to hear.
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It became too clear..

#2.
Bb                         F
So, it went as we put out..I was left in constant doubt..
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everything I asked about seemed private.
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The captain strolled the bridge one night..I stopped him 
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in the evening light..to ask him would it be all right to 
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join him.

CHORUS:
       Gm          Cm        F
But he stood there like some idol.. 
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and he listened like some temple..
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and then he turned away.

#3.
Bb                           F
All along the fateful coast..we moved silent, like a ghost.
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The timeless sea of tireless host possessed us.
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The wind came building from the cold northwest.. 
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and soon the waves began to crest, crashing cross the forward
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deck..all hands lost.

CHORUS:
  Gm     Cm           F
I alone, survived the sinking..
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I alone, possessed the tools, on 
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that ship of fools.

OUTRO:
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Ship of fools......on that ship of fools..
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that ship of fools..



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