Chords for Elvis Costello Ship of Fools It Must Have Been the Roses

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_ I'd like to do a Grateful Dead song for you now.
[G] _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Went to see the [D] captain, _ [C#] _ _ [G] strangest I could find.
_ [B] Laid my [Em]
proposition down, [Am] _ laid it [Em] on the [D]
line.
_ _ I won't [C] slay the [G] biggest [Bm] pig, likewise [Am] golden jewels.
[C] _ But I would slave [G] to find a [D] way to [C] sink your [G] ship of fools.
Ship [D] of _ fools _ [C] on a [G] cruel sea.
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Ship [Bm] of _ [F#] _ [D] fools [C] sail away [Em] from me.
It _ was later than I thought [C#] when I first [A#] believed you.
[Em]
Now I [Am] cannot _ [C] share your [D] last [C] ship [G] of fools.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] So your first [D] ship sinking down [A]
from a rocking [G] harbor boat.
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And all that [Em] could not sink us _ [Am]
down would just let [D] lizard float. _ _ _
I won't [C] leave you [G] drifting down, [B] but oh, it [Em] [Am] makes me wild.
_ [C]
With 30 years [G] upon your head, [D] have you
[G] call me child?
Ship [D] of fools _ [C] on a cruel [G]
sea.
[C] _ _ [G] _ The ship [D] of fools _ _ sail [Em] away from me.
_ _ _ It was later _ than I thought [A#] when I first [A] believed you.
[Em] Now [Am] I cannot share [D] your [C] last ship [G] of [C] fools.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
Dang is the way it [C] rows ships back from the sea.
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Thinking, well, how it may blow [C]
all good company _ _ [G] if I
[D] tell another _ [G] what you [C] only was told to me.
May [G] I lay beneath [D] the roses and [C] my eyes no longer see. _ _
I don't know, [D] maybe it [G] was the roses.
_ [C] The [G] _ _ [C]
roses on [D] the [G] rivers and her long [C] brown hair. _ _
I don't [G] know, [D] maybe it was [G] the roses.
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
All I know [D] is I could not [Em] [G] leave her there.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
The bottle stand [D] is empty _ [A] as _ they were [G] filled before.
_ [B] _
_ Time [Em] there wasn't plenty _ _
[Am] _ from that [D] cup no more. _
_ Though I could [C] not [G] caution all, [D] _ [Bm] still might [Am] warn a few. _
_ [C] Don't lend your [G] hand, your rage don't [D] fly.
Top [C] no [G] ship of fools.
Ship of [D] fools _ _ [Bm] on [C] a [G] cruel [C] sea.
_ [G] _
The ship [D] of _ fools sail [Em] away from me. _ _ _
_ It was later than I thought when [G] _ I [A#] first believed you.
[Em] [Am] Now I cannot [Dm] share your [C] laughter.
[G] You.
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ It [Em] was later than I thought [C#] when I [A#] first [C#] believed you.
_ [Am] Now I cannot share [Dm] your [C] laughter.
Ship [G] of fools.
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