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The Rudderless Ship by Josh Okeefe
The Rudderless Ship
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:4th fret
Standard tuning
Use some hammer-ons and pull-offs (f.ex 3rd fret D string when playing a C
(033010)) to sound like him
[Intro]
F G C
[Verse 1]
C Dm
Call me Okeefe, another tale of the sea
G C
Following the light of the sun
C Dm
In the year of our lord, two thousand something
G C
A four year long voyage begun
C Dm
All the world watched in shock, waved farewell from the dock
G C
To us bound on a bountyless trip
C Dm
And in a gale we set sail into the mouth of a whale
G C
Sailing on The Rudderless Ship
[Verse 2]
C Dm
"Sailors take warning" screamed the red sky of morning
G C
To a far from gallant band
C Dm
While a wise lighthouse stood quiet as a mouse
G C
Knowing we'd bury our heads in the sand
Em Dm
We struck left and we struck right, from the break of dawn until night
G C
Headed nowhere, but adrift
C Dm
Along the wavy straight of the Titanic's fate
G C
Sailing on The Rudderless Ship
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Oh the captain of the keel was no hands on the wheel
G C
A reckless abandon! A fool!
C Dm
With promises of freedom dropped the anchor of treason
G C
To what depths will a man go to rule?
Em Dm
And his men whatever rank for him would walk the plank
G C
Bare the lashes of his accursed whip
C Dm
Paying the devil well upon a floating hell
G C
Sailing on The Rudderless Ship
[Interlude]
C Dm G C
C Dm G C
Em Dm G C
C Dm G C
[Verse 4]
C Dm
I hoped a final harbour would terminate the charter
G C
So one could unmoor no more
C Dm
For the chains of the sea weighed down heavy on me
G C
To end my days on the shore
Em Dm
I dreamed and I dreamed of Fiddler's Green
G C
Where the journey was all but a blip
C Dm
Forget trouble and strife, close the chapter of life
G C
Sailing on The Rudderless Ship
[Verse 5]
Em Dm
But a sailor's last dance is just a game of chance
G C
Swirling around in the deep
C Dm
It's quadrille or peril when you're at the wind's will
G C
Pray the lord your soul to keep
Em Dm
And if you ever get the notion to be a pilot at the ocean
G C
Find another craft to skip
C Dm
Your destination is unknown, the sea will have it's own
G F Fm C
When you're sailing on The Rudderless Ship
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