Capo IV
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Finger pick the verses, strum chorus
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Am
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Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tree
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G
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Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea?
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Am
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I do not know much, but I know this cannot be
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G F
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It isn't really, it isn't really,
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E
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Tell me it isn't really.
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Sounding bell is diving down the water green
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Not a trace, not a toothbrush, not a cigarette was seen
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Bubble ball is rising from a whisper or a scream
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But I'm not screaming, no I'm not screaming,
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Tell me I'm not screaming.
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C Bb
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Captain will not say how long we must remain
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C Am Dm7
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The phantom ship forever sail the sea
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E
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It's all the same.
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Captain my dear Captain we're staying down so long
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I have been a good man, I've done nobody wrong
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Have we left our ladies for the lyrics of a song?
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That I'm not singing, I'm not singing
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Tell me I'm not singing
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The schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sink
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My son and my daughter they won't know what to think
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The crew has turned to voting and the officers to drink
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But I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinking
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Tell me I'm not drinking
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Captain will not say how long we must remain
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The phantom ship forever sail the sea
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It's all the same.
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The radio is begging them to come back to the shore
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All will be forgiven, it'll be just like before
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All you've ever wanted will be waiting by your door
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We will forgive you, we will forgive you
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Tell me we will forgive you
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But no one gives an answer not even one goodbye
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Oh, the silence of their sinking is all that they reply
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Some have chosen to decay and other chose to die
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But I'm not dying, no I'm not dying
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Tell me I'm not dying
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Captain will not say how long we must remain
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The phantom ship forever sail the sea
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It's all the same.
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The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns
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| Phil Ochs |
