Ballad Of The Ship Of State Chords by David Ackles

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[Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ Is this ship [Ebm] _ _
_ going _ _ home? _
[Abm] _ _ Will you take some [Abm] old young [Ebm] men for crew? _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] We left our [Ab] flag in [F] tatters _ [Db] where it [Ab] fell along the _ shore.
[Fm] _ You set a flag, that's what matters, [Bb] _ _ [Ab] but nothing [Bb] matters _ anymore.
[Bb] _ _ Cause [Ebm] you're ten years [Ab] old for you, [Ebm] ten _ _ _ years.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Do you [Gb] have some room within [Db] your _ _ _
[Gb] _ hold?
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gb] For some friends of ours [Db] who won't be growing [Gb] old?
_ _ [Bbm] _ Why won't you [Bb] answer us?
[Eb] Why aren't we told?
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Is [E] this _ [Dbm] ship going [Abm] home? _ _
[E] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Listen all of [Abm] you, _ [A] shut up and listen to [A] me.
_ _ _ [D] You don't have to shout, we hear you.
You don't have [Gb] to wave, we see.
It's just that very _ [B] surprised [E]
to find you alive.
[Gbm] We were told [C] there was nothing [B] going on and that [Em] all of you gone.
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_ [B] Is this [Ebm] ship _ _ _ _ going _ home?
_ [Abm] _
_ You must have [Eb] room, we are [Ebm] so few.
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_ [Fm] _ Ten years we've [Ab] stood here waiting [Fm] for a [F] ship to pull you. _
_ _ We will have no [Ab] more of waiting.
[Bb] _ Tell the captain, tell the crew, that there are [Ebm] ten years old [Ab] for you, [Ebm] ten years. _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Listen all of [Abm] you, _ [A] shut up and listen to me.
_ _ The captain is [D] locked in his [Gbm] quarters, he is busy and can't be [B] disturbed.
And as for [E] the crew, I'd watch out, where are you?
[C] For we can't [B] keep their [Gb] appetites curbed.
[C] No, we [B] can't keep their appetites [E] _ curbed.
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[Gb] Is [E] this [Dbm] ship going?
[D] Please, please, get up off your knees.
You must see it's better this [B] way.
[B] You were such [E] doughty fellows while fighting the [E] yellows that [C] they might even ask [Bb] you to stay.
[Db] Yes, they [B] might even ask you to stay.
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_ Don't you get the idea? _ _
[Gb] You're much better off here. _ _
You're not [Am] welcome at home anymore.
_ _ [Gb] _ Cause we're all so [Am] bored with the war.
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ Cast [Ebm] off, Mr.
Mate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Is _ _ this _ [D] _
ship going?
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