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EmSee the lonely township,
Bbmpeacefully sleeping,
the Emsun hides once again behind the Bbmsea,
Emmost are safely dreaming,
Bbmangel kisses
and butterflies
But Emsinners can't escape so easily,D  
The Ammurderers, the thieves and the Emfruadulant,
The Amoverweight, the working-class, the Gforeigners,
Amthey all must beware, for Emwhats that looming there?
an evil Dspecter on the B7sea
Chorus:
              Em         CD*
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
e|- - 0 - - - - 0|- - - 2 - - - -|
b|- - 0 - - - - 1|- - - 3 - - - -|
G|0 - 0 - - - - 0|- - - 2 - - - -|
D|2 - 2 - - - - 2|- - - 0 - - - -|
A|2 - 2 - - 2 0 3|- 2 0 - - 3 2 -|
E|0 - 0 - - - - -|- - - - - - - -|
*I think Scod uses a different voicing of D but I'm not certain.
Waow, Emghost ship,C  D  
EmGhost ship,C  D  
EmGhost ship, coming to Cget them,D  
EmGhost Ship, sinners beCware,D  
EmGhost ship, ain't no eCscaping,D  
The Bghost ship coming near.
Its Gmasts are made of piled up skulls,
its Ddeck is made of human nuts,
its Csails are made of sailor skins,
its Dguts are made of... guts.
It's a Emfeat of engineering
I Cwonder who built it
Gout in the night, under the Docean sky,
I was staGnding with my baby on the boardwalk and the ghost ship was DtherC#e,C  
I took her to the Gpictures,Am  
and then I took her Emhome,C  
                       G...
Chorus
EmGhost ShipC  
My baby Dkisses like a Emghost ship,C  
I touch my Dbaby on her Emghost ship,
my trousers are Cbursting...D  
Chorus
EmGhost ship, Expressing my Cfeelings,D  
EmGhost Ship, Being a good Clistener,D  
EmGhost Ship, Thoughtful comCpanion,D  
GThe woman's a sinner,
she's going to be Ddragged away,
But Gnot before I bone her on the boardwalk 'till the morning Dcomes,
I Cwrote a sentimental Gcard
with Amflowers and a pink desEmign,
She'll be Ctorn apart by dGemons
While she's touching my Dbuns
Chorus
EmGhost ship, caring Cenvironment,D  
EmGhost ship, den of the Cdamned,D  
EmGhost Ship, Overtly CSexualD  
BMurderous
EmGhost Ship!

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Ghost Ship

by Tripod (Australia)

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Bbm

See the lonely township,

Bbm

peacefully sleeping,

Em Bbm

the sun hides once again behind the sea,

most are safely dreaming,

Bbm

angel kisses

and butterflies

Em D

But sinners can't escape so easily,

Am Em

The murderers, the thieves and the fruadulant,

Am G

The overweight, the working-class, the foreigners,

Am Em

they all must beware, for whats that looming there?

D B7

an evil specter on the sea

Chorus:

Em C

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|

e|- - 0 - - - - 0|- - - 2 - - - -|

b|- - 0 - - - - 1|- - - 3 - - - -|

G|0 - 0 - - - - 0|- - - 2 - - - -|

D|2 - 2 - - - - 2|- - - 0 - - - -|

A|2 - 2 - - 2 0 3|- 2 0 - - 3 2 -|

E|0 - 0 - - - - -|- - - - - - - -|

*I think Scod uses a different voicing of D but I'm not certain.

Em C D

Waow, ghost ship,

Em C D

Ghost ship,

Em C D

Ghost ship, coming to get them,

Em C D

Ghost Ship, sinners beware,

Em C D

Ghost ship, ain't no escaping,

The ghost ship coming near.

Its masts are made of piled up skulls,

its deck is made of human nuts,

its sails are made of sailor skins,

its guts are made of... guts.

It's a feat of engineering

I wonder who built it

G D

out in the night, under the ocean sky,

G D C# C

I was standing with my baby on the boardwalk and the ghost ship was there,

G Am

I took her to the pictures,

Em C

and then I took her home,

G...

Chorus

Em C

Ghost Ship

D Em C

My baby kisses like a ghost ship,

D Em

I touch my baby on her ghost ship,

C D

my trousers are bursting...

Chorus

Em C D

Ghost ship, Expressing my feelings,

Em C D

Ghost Ship, Being a good listener,

Em C D

Ghost Ship, Thoughtful companion,

The woman's a sinner,

she's going to be dragged away,

G D

But not before I bone her on the boardwalk 'till the morning comes,

C G

I wrote a sentimental card

Am Em

with flowers and a pink design,

C G

She'll be torn apart by demons

While she's touching my buns

Chorus

Em C D

Ghost ship, caring environment,

Em C D

Ghost ship, den of the damned,

Em C D

Ghost Ship, Overtly Sexual

Murderous

Ghost Ship!

About Ghost Ship Chords by Tripod (Australia)

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