Am This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one Fmaj7 C E It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm Am It was 1987 and winter nearly gone Fmaj7 C E On that Friday running late with rolling off and rolling on Am Trucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side Fmaj7 Someone had to close the back door C E That day it must have slipped his mind Am He was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall Fmaj7 C E While passengers were eating, indulging duty-free-for-all Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G Am Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am Sailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in Fmaj7 C E As they passed the Outer Mole the disaster could begin Am A hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port Fmaj7 C E The lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard Am Then nothing but silence, silence and the cold Fmaj7 C E Herald and her sisters never fit the mold Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G Am Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am Two months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange Fmaj7 C E Pensioned off into the Thirld World where they named her Flushing Range Am But in ’88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt Fmaj7 Pride and Spirit changed their names C E They were all doomed since they were built Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G Am Herald of Free Enterprise Fmaj7 G C In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire Am This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one Fmaj7 C E It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm Am I was just a boy then, holding daddy’s hands Fmaj7 C E Watching on tv how Herald’s time came to an end
