Shipwreck Balladeer

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SHIPWDC K BALADEE R - The Arrogant Worms

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Tabbed by: Sam Filgate

Capo on 4th

Am                C        
I have been since seventeen a 
   G              Em
shipwreck balladeer
Am          C          G        
Tragedy and misery are what 
       Em
makes my career
Am                   C      
Watery graves are my stock and 
          G                Em
trade, but it's getting harder
    Am                 C          
For all the boats that now do 
        G       Em            Am
float are returning safely to the 
harbour

There hasn't been a shipwreck scene 
since 1965
And I find I cry each time a crew 
returns alive
I only cheer when gales appear and 
threaten fresh disaster
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They pass by, the boat survives, 
only my career's in tatters

Chorus:
        F                  C  
They're building ships too good 
                 G           Em
today, and I'm the one who suffers
     F                   C    
They don't get rent from aft to 
            G                 Em
stern and their hulls never rupture
    F                   C         
Not dashed on rocks and never 
      G           Em
tossed to heaven on a wave
Am               C               
You may think it well and good 
     G          Em    Am
but my livelihood sails away

There once were found, twenty in 
town, who wrote about shipwrecks
When boats sank lots, just like 
rocks, 'twas good as it gets
But the golden ages passed away and 
I'm barely survivin'
The balladeers are dead I fear or 
workin' in advertisin'

They're building ships too good 
today and it's hurtin' me
Why can't even one poor soul fall 
into the dark sea
And be ripped apart by hungry sharks
 in a bloody spree
You may think it well and good, but 
my livelihood sails away

F      C    G    Em F       C 
Oh the only tragedy left to 
    F       G  Em
sing about is me

That government bastard's been sent 
to take my job from me
That inspector is making sure the 
ships are seaworthy
He can try, no way will I ever give 
up hope
When he went by, I did pry a big 
hole in his boat

They're building ships too good 
today, so I helped one along
How sweet it is to once again hear 
the tortured song
Of a man afloat a sinking boat, who 
knows he will die today
You might think it bad not good, but
 my livelihood's here to stay
It's here to stay. It's here to 
        Am  Em   G   D   Am
staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay