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On a clear April day, 1963
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I took a memorable ride on a silver submarine
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100+ men, John Wesley Harvey and me
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All aboard the SSN – 593

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Goin down, goin down
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Goin down down down down

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Harvey to base, we’re at 1,000 feet
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Jimmy’s doin real good I think he’s getting ahold of this thing
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Then the rattle of pipes, then the hiss of the steam
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I was the man of the hour till the alarm bells started ringing

     Em         G
Goin down, goin down
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Goin down down down down

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Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more
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Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor

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Wonder and fear, unending black sea
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Held everyone’s gaze in quiet humility
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Mother ocean we are at the mercy of thee
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Like children in uniform balancing on your knee

     Em         G
Goin down, goin down
     D              G
Goin down down down down

   Em                         G
Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more
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Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor

   Em                         G
Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more
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Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor