Hoist Up The Thing

D                           G    
Fresh out of college, with grades
               D
 straight from Hell
  D                            A
I browsed for a trade at which I 
could excel
D
An ad for a ship in need of some 
manning
D                            A   
Men, sails, and purpose, but 
      D
lacking a captain

[Verse 2]
G                     D
What luck, says I, to find such good
 fortune!
  A                       D
A few white lies later, I ran down 
the pier
G                      D
Bought me a coat and a cutlass or 
two
A
Jumped on the deck, and I yelled at 
the crew:

[Chorus]
G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
A                           D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it!
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (That's not 
   D
port) Now I've got it!
A                    D
Trust me, I'm in control!

[Verse 3]
  D                           G   
I can't sing the shanties, it has 
      D
to be said
    D                          A
And all of that grog just goes right
 to my head
D                       G        
Whale meat is gross and I miss a 
       D
girl's laugh
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D                       A
Five weeks at sea, even Dave seems a
 catch!

[Chorus]
G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
 A                              D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it!
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (That's not 
   D
port) Now I've got it!
A                    D
Trust me, I'm in control!

[Verse 4]
D                        G       
We've hit icy waters, no land to 
   D
be seen
D                              A
The food's getting low and the beer 
has gone green
        Bb                    Gm
There's murmurs of discontent under 
the deck
    F                    A
If I don't act fast, it could be my 
neck!

[Verse 5]
   D                           
So pull up the charts and those 
 G             D
weird gold machines
  D                       A
I see what it says but no clue what 
it means!
     D                       G    
Just pull on some levers and yank 
        D
on some chains
D                           A
Feign a bad back 'til we've landed 
again

[Chorus]
G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
A                               D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it!
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (That's not 
   D
port) Now I've got it!
A                   D
Trust me, I'm in control!

G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
A                               D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it!
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (That's not 
   D
port) Now I've got it!
A                   D
Trust me, I'm in control!

G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
A                               D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it!
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (That's not 
   D
port) Now I've got it!
A                   D
Trust me, I'm in control!

G                   D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down the 
whatsit!
A                               D
What's that thing spinning? Somebody
 should stop it! (BLOODY HELL!)
G                                 
Turn hard to port! (This is 
   D
SHERRY!) Now I've got it! 
(Screaming)
A             G     D
Trust me, I'm in control! (MOMMY)
A                   D
Trust me, I'm in control!