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Sea Shanty

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 E5  G#/  E    A    Am6   F#7    A7    B    B/C    C#m     A    C#    F#   B2  B7  
x   x    0  x    x   5   x  x    x    5   x   x   x  2
x   x    2  7    2   8   4  4    9    5   9   2   7  4
9   13   2  5    3   6   4  4    9    6   10  3   8  2
9   12   2  5    2   5   4  4    11   7   11  4   9  4
7   11   0  0    5   7   2  3    11   7   11  4   9  2
0   0    x  x    2   5   x  x    9    5   9   2   7  x
//Intro = (  E5  G#/ E   A   Am6) x2
           E5  G#/    E               A  Am6  
  Repair the hull,     replace the sails.
            E5  G#/              E               A  Am6  
   The monkey wrestles with the ghost
And a F#7thousand pleasures form a A7thin veneer
Over Black of hope.B/C  B  
The C#mcaptain was rightly F#murdered by the BcrewB/C  B  
  C#mBut now they F#don't know what to B2do -A  
              E5      C#          F#            B7      E5  G#/ E   A  Am6  
Drifting on the murky Sargasso       of the everyday.
Work and slave and skimp and save
And you can buy yourself a bigger cave
And a thousand little cruelties we agree to pretend to ignore.
The ghost has got the monkey by the tail
And all they both can do is wail.
And you and I go drifting by the abandoned vessels of the everyday.

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Sea Shanty

by Quasi

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am6

F#7

B/C

C#m

E5 G# E A Am6 F#7 A7 B B/C C#m A C# F# B2 B7

x x 0 x x 5 x x x 5 x x x 2

x x 2 7 2 8 4 4 9 5 9 2 7 4

9 13 2 5 3 6 4 4 9 6 10 3 8 2

9 12 2 5 2 5 4 4 11 7 11 4 9 4

7 11 0 0 5 7 2 3 11 7 11 4 9 2

0 0 x x 2 5 x x 9 5 9 2 7 x

E5 G# E A Am6

//Intro = ( / ) x2

E5 G# E A Am6

Repair the hull, replace the sails.

E5 G# E A Am6

The monkey wrestles with the ghost

F#7 A7

And a thousand pleasures form a thin veneer

B B/C B

Over lack of hope.

C#m F# B B/C B

The captain was rightly murdered by the crew

C#m F# B2 A

But now they don't know what to do -

E5 C# F# B7 E5 G# E A Am6

Drifting on the murky Sargasso of the everyday.

Work and slave and skimp and save

And you can buy yourself a bigger cave

And a thousand little cruelties we agree to pretend to ignore.

The ghost has got the monkey by the tail

And all they both can do is wail.

And you and I go drifting by the abandoned vessels of the everyday.

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