{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":78720,"song":"Scorpion Departs But Never Returns","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547534-scorpion-departs-but-never-returns-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/78720?type=chord","rating":4.85734,"votes":9,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nThe Scorpion Departs But Never Returns - Phil Ochs\r\n\r\nCapo IV\r\n\r\nFinger pick the verses, strum chorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe sailors climb the tree[/tab]\r\nUp the terrible tree\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere are my shipmates[/tab]\r\nHave they sunk beneath the sea\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI do not know much, but I know this cannot be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt isn't really, it isn't really[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTell me it isn't really[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe sounding bell is diving down the water green\r\nNot a trace, not a tooth brush, not a cigarette was seen\r\nBubble ball is rising from a whisper or a scream\r\nBut I'm not screaming, no I'm not screaming\r\nTell me I'm not screaming\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCaptain will not say how long we must remain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThe phantom ship forever sails the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's all the same[/tab]\r\n\r\nCaptain, my dear Captain, we're staying down so long\r\nI have been a good man, I've done nobody wrong\r\nHave we left are ladies for the lyrics of a song\r\nThat I'm not singing, no I'm not singing\r\nTell me I'm not singing\r\n\r\nThe schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sink\r\nMy son and my daughter, they won't know what to think\r\nThe crew has turned to voting, and the officers to drink\r\nBut I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinking\r\nTell me I'm not drinking\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\nThe radio is begging them to come back to the shore\r\nAll will be forgiven, it will be just like before\r\nAll you've ever wanted will be waiting by your door\r\nWe will forgive you, we will forgive you\r\nTell me, we will forgive you\r\n\r\nBut no one gives an answer, not even one good-bye\r\nThe silence of their sinking is all that they reply\r\nSome have chosen to decay, and others chose to die\r\nBut I'm not dying, no I'm not dying\r\nTell me I'm not dying\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\nrepeat verse chords with La Da Da for lyrics","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nThe Scorpion Departs But Never Returns - Phil Ochs\n\nCapo IV\n\nFinger pick the verses, strum chorus\n\n\nUp the terrible tree\n\nHave they sunk beneath the sea\n\n\n\n\nThe sounding bell is diving down the water green\nNot a trace, not a tooth brush, not a cigarette was seen\nBubble ball is rising from a whisper or a scream\nBut I'm not screaming, no I'm not screaming\nTell me I'm not screaming\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\nCaptain, my dear Captain, we're staying down so long\nI have been a good man, I've done nobody wrong\nHave we left are ladies for the lyrics of a song\nThat I'm not singing, no I'm not singing\nTell me I'm not singing\n\nThe schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sink\nMy son and my daughter, they won't know what to think\nThe crew has turned to voting, and the officers to drink\nBut I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinking\nTell me I'm not drinking\n\nChorus:\n\nThe radio is begging them to come back to the shore\nAll will be forgiven, it will be just like before\nAll you've ever wanted will be waiting by your door\nWe will forgive you, we will forgive you\nTell me, we will forgive you\n\nBut no one gives an answer, not even one good-bye\nThe silence of their sinking is all that they reply\nSome have chosen to decay, and others chose to die\nBut I'm not dying, no I'm not dying\nTell me I'm not dying\n\nChorus:\n\nrepeat verse chords with La Da Da for lyrics","chords":["Am","G","F","E","C","Bb","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}