Bessie Griffin: Old Ship Of Zion Chords

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_ _ [Bb] I _ was _ lost _ _ _ _ _ _ in _ _ _ _ _ _ sin and _ _ sorrow _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ Out on an [Gm] isle _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ in [Bb] _ life's dark _ [Eb] sea _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ When I _ saw _ _ _ _ Shona _ _ [Bb] Fahey _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Far in the _ distance
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[Gm] _ _ _ there was [C] an old _ _ _ _ _ ship _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ It [F] _ seemed to [C] _ be, _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ I [Bb] tell you I saw _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ The [Bb] Captain _ Beckham
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ Seems like I could hear him [Eb] calling me _ _
_ _ _ _ He called so _ [Bb] _ _ loud and free
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ He said, my _ child, my child
_ _ _ _ I've _ _ come here to _ save [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] you _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Come [Bb] on, step on board, _ _ _ _ [C] oh _ yes
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_ _ And follow _ _ _ _ _ me
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] What is the _ old _ _ ship of Zion
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[Bb] Ship of _ Zion
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[D] _ I _ said [F] it's the old _ _ _ ship of _ Zion
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Ship _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ of Zion _
_ [F] _ _ What is [Eb] the old _ _ _ ship of Zion
Is the _ _ old [Bb] ship of _ Zion
Ship _ of Zion _
Come on children, get on board
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_ [Gm] _ Children
_ _ Come [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ on, _ get on board
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_ I _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ said right then I got [Eb] up
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_ _ _ _ _ Yes, _ _ but I sort of _ [Eb] hesitated
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ I _ _ _ _ began [Bb] wondering _ who, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
who _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] this [Bb] friend could _ _ [Eb] _
be
_ [Bb] Hey, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] though the _ waves, _ _ [Db] though [Eb] the _ waves
_ _ Were so _ [Bb] wild and _ [Eb] dashing, _ _ yes [Bb] they _ were
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Seems as though they would _ _
_ They _ _ _ wanna _ _ _ [F] swallow _ me
[Eb] _ Yeah, _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ I [A] can [Bb] see the man _ _ raise, _ _ _ he _ _ raised
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_ [A] His [Bb] hand toward _ _ me
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ Right then, _ _ _ [Eb] right then he _ _ come _ _ _ _
The _ wild _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] and raging sea
[Eb] _ _ _ _ Shona Fahey _ did
_ _ _ Now in a _ _ _ voice _ _ _ [Eb] so _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] sweet and tender _
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These _ _ _ _ [Eb] are [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ hers, [D]
yes
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He [Bb] _ said to _ _
[Eb] _ _ me, _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] child
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] Ain't no danger _ _ _ _ in the water
Come on, wade out in this water
_ _ Ain't no danger [Eb] _ _ in [Bb] the water
[D] Come _ on, _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] ain't no danger _ in the water
No _ [Bb] danger _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] in _ [Bb] the water _
Ain't _ _ [Eb] no danger _ _ _ _ _ in the water
_ Wade out _
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in the [Bb] water
Let me tell you [Eb] one _ _ _ [Bb] more _ _
_ And _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [C] children, _ _ _ _ [Eb]
so glad, _ [F] _ so glad
I stepped _ _ [Bb] on board
_ _ Oh yes [Eb] I did
I'm _ _ _ _ [Bb] on _ _ board
Yes I did
_ Oh, [F] _ _ _
_ it's the [Bb] _ old _
_ [Eb] _ ship _ [Bb] of Zion
I'm talking about the _ old ship of Zion
_ Old ship of Zion
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