Ship Of Fools Chords by John Cale
Tempo:
74.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] The [G] ship [C] of [G] fools is [C] coming in.
[G] [C] Take me [G] on my god [C] to please.
[G] [C] Say more [G] stories, [C] say more [G] things.
[C] Letting out [G] and pulling [C] in.
[G] Mr.
[C] Ghost of a [G] man.
[C] Popped out [G] back.
[C] Restless hoping for [G] a Christian rider.
[C]
[G] A [C] blackboard can't grapple him.
[G] A [C] hangman's noose on a burnt [G]-out ship.
[C] Guess we must be getting [G] close to [C] tombstone.
[G] The last [C] time he had eaten.
[G] When the flies [C] were going free.
[G] He cut the hard ships by the upper door.
[C]
[G] Sandwiched [C] in between [G] were the fishermen [C] and the still.
[G] Wish they [C] could sail from Venice [G] to Arizona.
[C]
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] [C] Won't be long.
[G] Call [C] is [G] on the [C] line.
[G] [C] Hold on.
[G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] We [C] picked up Dracula [G] in Memphis.
[C] [G] It [C] was just about to [G] break the day.
[C] [G] And then hastily [C] prayed [G] for our souls [C] to be [G] saved.
There [C] was something in the air that [G] made us like [C] weeping.
[G]
By the time we got to Swansea.
[G] It was getting [C] hot.
[G] Rumbles, [C] chuns, bugles [G] and the cries.
[C]
[G] The tides took [C] West Verdam and [G] forth.
They didn't know what [C] to do.
[G] But God [C] upstood its ground and asked [G] no more.
[C]
[G] Oh, the good Lord seemed quite glad to see [C] us.
[G] Shaking [C] hands and smiling at the trial.
[G] Well, we gave them a [C] message [G] that their ship was [C] full of sin.
[G] Extra, [C] horrible, [G] aggressive.
[C]
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] Won't [C] be [G] long.
Call [C] is [G] on the line.
[C]
[G] Hold [C] on.
[G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] The [G] ship [C] of [G] fools is [C] coming in.
[G] [C] Take me [G] on my god [C] to please.
[G] [C] Say more [G] stories, [C] say more [G] things.
[C] Letting out [G] and pulling [C] in.
[G] Mr.
[C] Ghost of a [G] man.
[C] Popped out [G] back.
[C] Restless hoping for [G] a Christian rider.
[C]
[G] A [C] blackboard can't grapple him.
[G] A [C] hangman's noose on a burnt [G]-out ship.
[C] Guess we must be getting [G] close to [C] tombstone.
[G] The last [C] time he had eaten.
[G] When the flies [C] were going free.
[G] He cut the hard ships by the upper door.
[C]
[G] Sandwiched [C] in between [G] were the fishermen [C] and the still.
[G] Wish they [C] could sail from Venice [G] to Arizona.
[C]
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] [C] Won't be long.
[G] Call [C] is [G] on the [C] line.
[G] [C] Hold on.
[G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] We [C] picked up Dracula [G] in Memphis.
[C] [G] It [C] was just about to [G] break the day.
[C] [G] And then hastily [C] prayed [G] for our souls [C] to be [G] saved.
There [C] was something in the air that [G] made us like [C] weeping.
[G]
By the time we got to Swansea.
[G] It was getting [C] hot.
[G] Rumbles, [C] chuns, bugles [G] and the cries.
[C]
[G] The tides took [C] West Verdam and [G] forth.
They didn't know what [C] to do.
[G] But God [C] upstood its ground and asked [G] no more.
[C]
[G] Oh, the good Lord seemed quite glad to see [C] us.
[G] Shaking [C] hands and smiling at the trial.
[G] Well, we gave them a [C] message [G] that their ship was [C] full of sin.
[G] Extra, [C] horrible, [G] aggressive.
[C]
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] Won't [C] be [G] long.
Call [C] is [G] on the line.
[C]
[G] Hold [C] on.
[G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
Key:
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] The [G] ship [C] of [G] fools is [C] coming in.
[G] _ [C] Take me [G] on my god [C] to please.
[G] _ [C] Say more [G] stories, [C] say more [G] things.
[C] Letting out [G] and pulling [C] in. _
[G] Mr.
[C] Ghost of a [G] man.
[C] Popped out [G] back.
[C] Restless hoping for [G] a Christian rider.
[C] _
[G] A [C] blackboard can't grapple him.
[G] A [C] hangman's noose on a burnt [G]-out ship.
[C] Guess we must be getting [G] close to [C] tombstone.
[G] The last [C] time he had eaten.
[G] When the flies [C] were going free.
[G] He cut the hard ships by the upper door.
[C] _ _
[G] Sandwiched [C] in between [G] were the fishermen [C] and the still.
[G] Wish they [C] could sail from Venice [G] to Arizona.
[C] _
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] _ [C] Won't be long.
[G] Call [C] is [G] on the _ [C] line.
[G] _ [C] Hold on.
_ [G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] We [C] picked up Dracula [G] in Memphis.
[C] _ _ [G] It [C] was just about to [G] break the day.
[C] _ [G] And then hastily [C] prayed [G] for our souls [C] to be [G] saved.
There [C] was something in the air that [G] made us like [C] weeping.
_ [G] _ _ _
By the time we got to Swansea.
[G] It was getting [C] hot.
[G] Rumbles, [C] chuns, bugles [G] and the cries.
[C] _
[G] The tides took [C] West Verdam and [G] forth.
They didn't know what [C] to do. _
[G] But God [C] upstood its ground and asked [G] no more.
[C] _ _
[G] Oh, the good Lord seemed quite glad to see [C] us. _
[G] Shaking [C] hands and smiling at the trial. _
[G] Well, we gave them a [C] message [G] that their ship was [C] full of sin.
[G] Extra, [C] horrible, [G] aggressive.
_ [C] _
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] Won't [C] be [G] long.
Call [C] is [G] on the line.
[C] _ _
[G] Hold [C] on.
_ [G] Sister's gone.
[C] _ It's time to get the [G] sign.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] The [G] ship [C] of [G] fools is [C] coming in.
[G] _ [C] Take me [G] on my god [C] to please.
[G] _ [C] Say more [G] stories, [C] say more [G] things.
[C] Letting out [G] and pulling [C] in. _
[G] Mr.
[C] Ghost of a [G] man.
[C] Popped out [G] back.
[C] Restless hoping for [G] a Christian rider.
[C] _
[G] A [C] blackboard can't grapple him.
[G] A [C] hangman's noose on a burnt [G]-out ship.
[C] Guess we must be getting [G] close to [C] tombstone.
[G] The last [C] time he had eaten.
[G] When the flies [C] were going free.
[G] He cut the hard ships by the upper door.
[C] _ _
[G] Sandwiched [C] in between [G] were the fishermen [C] and the still.
[G] Wish they [C] could sail from Venice [G] to Arizona.
[C] _
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] _ [C] Won't be long.
[G] Call [C] is [G] on the _ [C] line.
[G] _ [C] Hold on.
_ [G] Sister's gone.
[C] It's time to get the [G] sign.
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] We [C] picked up Dracula [G] in Memphis.
[C] _ _ [G] It [C] was just about to [G] break the day.
[C] _ [G] And then hastily [C] prayed [G] for our souls [C] to be [G] saved.
There [C] was something in the air that [G] made us like [C] weeping.
_ [G] _ _ _
By the time we got to Swansea.
[G] It was getting [C] hot.
[G] Rumbles, [C] chuns, bugles [G] and the cries.
[C] _
[G] The tides took [C] West Verdam and [G] forth.
They didn't know what [C] to do. _
[G] But God [C] upstood its ground and asked [G] no more.
[C] _ _
[G] Oh, the good Lord seemed quite glad to see [C] us. _
[G] Shaking [C] hands and smiling at the trial. _
[G] Well, we gave them a [C] message [G] that their ship was [C] full of sin.
[G] Extra, [C] horrible, [G] aggressive.
_ [C] _
[G] So hold [C] on.
[G] Won't [C] be [G] long.
Call [C] is [G] on the line.
[C] _ _
[G] Hold [C] on.
_ [G] Sister's gone.
[C] _ It's time to get the [G] sign.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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