This Ships Going Down

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A gargantuan hole in the bow
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Will the ocean to enter allow
          Dm                 Gm
Oh what's more of a sin than letting
 it in?
     A7                       Dm
It's letting our good fortune out
    Dm
The nest to the storm did succumb
          A7
While the crow hid his fear in the 
rum
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And the mast it broke and threw out 
the bloke
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And well now he's surely my chum
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Love letters from under his bed
        A7
Holds a cabin boy over his head
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A futile try to keep it dry what 
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tears
             Dm
have already wet
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They were pinned by a girl in Merak
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And the Javanese value their tact
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She'll conclude he's horribly rude
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Cause he's sure as hell not writing
Dm
back
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Because this ship's going down
                      A7
All on account of the weather
Dm
Though we'll drown
        Gm
There's no need to frown
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            A7          Dm
Cause we're all going together
      Gm                Dm
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        A7
As I disappear into the sea
      Dm     Gm
Cause I'm in good company
         A7          Dm
As we're all going together
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I've had women of every kind
        A7
But the only one truly was mine
       Dm                 Gm
Is the one at home who'll be alone
     A7                Dm
When I am full-up with brine
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For my son I had always a plan
       A7
For to raise him as best as I can
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Oh well you can bet
    Gm                A7
My only regret is to not see him 
grow
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to a man
           Gm           Dm
Cause this ship's going down
                      A7
All on account of the weather
Dm
Though we'll drown
        Gm
There's no need to frown
            A7          Dm
Cause we're all going together
      Gm                Dm
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        A7
As I disappear into the sea
      Dm     Gm
Cause I'm in good company
         A7          Dm
As we're all going together
      Dm
I was sinking down into the brine
       A7
When a curious sight caught my eye
Dm               Gm
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft
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And was makin' a speedy goodbye
       Dm
At the risk of sounding absurd
       A7
I have always been good as my word
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So a fish-gig, I, lanced into his 
eye
      A7              Dm
And I knocked his ass overboard!
           Gm           Dm
Cause this ship's going down
                      A7
All on account of the weather
Dm
Though we'll drown
        Gm
There's no need to frown
            A7          Dm
Cause we're all going together
      Gm                Dm
And I won't say "Woe is me"
                        A
As I disappear into the sea

Oh hell!
             Gm                  Dm
Cause you've all been so good to me
         A      A7   Dm
So we're all going together