Voltaire - This Ship's Going Down Ukulele

"(corrected version)

(Verse 1)

  Cm                                                    G
A gargantuan hole in the bow, will the ocean to enter allow.

       Cm              Fm                 G                        Cm
Oh but more a sin than letting it in it's letting our good fortune out.

    Cm                                                                G
The nest to the storm did succumb, while the crow hid his fear in the rum.

        Cm                 Fm                      G             Cm
And the mast, it broke and threw out the bloke and well now he's surely my chum.


     Cm                                                       G
Love letters from under his bed, holds the cabin boy over his head

  Cm         Fm                  G                  Cm
A futile try to keep it dry what tears have already wet.

          Cm                                                      G
They were penned by a girl in Merak, and the Javanese value their tact.

Cm                   Fm                        G                        Cm
She'll conclude he's horribly rude 'cause he's sure as hell not writing back.




(Chorus)

[tracet]    Fm           Cm
'Cause this ship's going down

                      G
All on account of the weather

Cm
Though we'll drown

Fm
There's no need to frown

             G           Cm
'Cause we're all going together

      Fm                Cm
And I won't say "Woe is me"

                        G
As I disappear into the sea

Cm            Fm
'Cause I'm in good company

         G           Cm
As we're all going together




(Verse 2)

         Cm                                              G
I've had women of every kind, but the only one truly was mine

       Cm          Fm                   G                 akm
Is the one at home who'll be alone when I am full-up with brine.

       Cm                                                     G
For my son I had always a plan, for to raise him as best as I can.

   Cm                   Fm                G                     Cm
Oh well you can bet, my only regret is to not see him grow to a man.




(Chorus)


[tracet]    Fm           Cm
'Cause this ship's going down

                      G
All on account of the weather

Cm
Though we'll drown

Fm
There's no need to frown

             G           Cm
'Cause we're all going together

      Fm                Cm
And I won't say "Woe is me"

                        G
As I disappear into the sea

Cm            Fm
'Cause I'm in good company

         G           Cm
As we're all going together



(Verse 3)

      Cm                                                          G
I was sinking down into the brine, when a curious sight caught my eye.

Cm               Fm                       G               Cm
Seaman Shaft had found him a raft and was makin' a speedy goodbye.

       Cm                                                     G
At the risk of sounding absurd, I have always been good as my word.

     Cm                Fm                 G               Cm
So a fishgig I, lanced into his eye and I knocked his ass overboard.




(Chorus)

[tracet]    Fm           Cm
'Cause this ship's going down

                      G
All on account of the weather

Cm
Though we'll drown

Fm
There's no need to frown

             G           Cm
'Cause we're all going together

      Fm                Cm
And I won't say "Woe is me"

                        E [let ring]
As I disappear into the sea


Oh hell!

am [strum once]         dm [strum once]
'Cause you've all been so good to me

         G [strum once]  Cm
So we're all going     together.
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