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Despite Repeated Warnings

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Part I
[Verse 1]
A Amaj7               A7      B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
           Dm/F E
Of dangers up ahead
A    Em                 D
The captain won't be listening
                  E
To what's been said
[Verse 2]
A  Amaj7                        A7      B7/F#
He feels that there's a good chance
             Dm/F     E
That we have been misled
A   Em                   D
And so the captain's planning
           E
To steam ahead
[Bridge 1]
Am              G
What can we do, what can we do
F/A                                 E
What can we do to stop this foolish plan going through?
Am              G/A
What can we do, what can we do? (Yeah, yeah)
F/A                           E
This man is bound to lose his ship and his crew
C   D
Oh, oh
[Verse 3]
A  Amaj7             A7          B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
                Dm/F     E
From those who ought to know
A          Em              D
Well, he's got his own agenda
              E
And so he'll go
[Bridge 2]
Am
(What can we do?)
                            G/A
Those who shout the loudest (What can we do?)
                               F/A
May not always be the smartest (What can we do?)
                                    E
But they have their proudest moments
Right before they fall
Am
(What can we do?)
                      G/A
Red sky in the morning (What can we do?)
                              F/A
Doesn't ever seem to faze him (What can we do?)
                             E
But a sailor's warning signal
                       C   D
Should concern us all, oh, oh
Part II
Gm7
[Chorus]
Gm          Em/G
How can we stop him?
Cm/G              Gm
Grab the keys and lock him up
Gm        Em/G
If we can do it
Cm/G            Gm
We can save the day
[Verse 1]
C9
The engineer lives with his wife and daughter, Janet
Em7
But he misses them so
C9
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet (Best crew on the planet!)
Em7
They never want him to go
C9
He had a premonition, he senses something's wrong
Em7
And by his own admission, he knew it all along
C9
The captain's crazy, but he doesn't let them know it
Em
He'll take us with him if we don't do something soon to slow it!
C Gm C Gm
[Chorus]
Gm         Em/G
How can we stop him?
Cm/G              Gm
Grab the keys and lock him up
Gm        Em/G
If we can do it
Cm/G            Gm
We can save the day
Gm7
Dm C G Am
Dm C G Am Dm
[Bridge]
E
Below decks, the engineer cries
    F#/E
The captain's gonna leave us when the temperatures rise
    Em7
The needle's going up, the engine's gonna blow
    A/E                        Em
And we are gonna be left down below
A/E   Em
Down below
Part III
Em G Bm
Em G Bm D
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
[Chorus]
C      Gm
Yes we can do it
C         Gm
Yeah, we can do it now
C      Gm
Yes we can do it
C C C
Gm F/A Bb C5 Gm/D F/Eb Gm/Bb
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
[Chorus]
C        Gm
Yes, we can do it
C         Gm
Yeah, we can do it now
C       Gm
Yes, we can do it
C         Gm
Yeah, we can do it now
C       Gm
Yes, we can do it
C        Gm
Yeah, we can do it now
C   Gm
Oh yeah
C Gm
[Verse]
Eb
If life would work out the way you plan it
Dm
Well that would be so fine for the wife and Janet
Eb
Sometimes you might have to battle through it
Dm
And that's the way you learn how you've got to do it
[Bridge]
Dm                 C   Gm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh
                   Am       Dm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
                   C    Gm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
                   Am      Dm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
C D
Part I reprise
[Verse 1]
A  Amaj7            A7         B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
           Dm/F  E
Of dangers up ahead
A          Em/G             D
Well, the captain wasn't listening
                E
To what was said
[Outro]
Am
So we went to the captain (What can we do? / For those who shout the loudest)
G/A
And we told him to turn around (What can we do? / May not always be the smartest)
F/A
But he laughs in our faces (What can we do? / But they have their proudest moments)
E
Says that we are mistaken (Right before they fall)
Am
So we gather around him (What can we do? / Red sky in the morning)
G/A
Now the ropes that have bound him (What can we do? / Doesn't ever seem to faze him)
F/A
Prove that he should have listened (What can we do? / But a sailor's warning signal) (Should concern us all)
E
To the will of the people
C
It's the will of the people
D
It's the will of the people
E

Despite Repeated Warnings chords and lyrics

Free chords for Despite Repeated Warnings by Paul McCartney. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Part I
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge 1]
[Verse 3]
[Bridge 2]
Right before they fall
Part II
Gm7
[Chorus]
[Verse 1]
C Gm C Gm
[Chorus]
Gm7
Dm C G Am
Dm C G Am Dm
[Bridge]
Part III
Em G Bm
Em G Bm D
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
[Chorus]
C C C
Gm F/A Bb C5 Gm/D F/Eb Gm/Bb
Gm Am Gm/Bb C5 Gm/D
[Chorus]
C Gm
[Verse]
[Bridge]
C D
Part I reprise
[Verse 1]
[Outro]
E

Despite Repeated Warnings Chords by Paul McCartney

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