Earl Robinson - Were In The Same Boat Brother

      [Verse 1]
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Oh the Lord looked down from his holy place
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Said Lordy me, what a sea of space
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What a spot to launch the human race
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So he built him a boat for a mixed-up crew,
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With eyes of black and brown and blue.
    Gm
And that’s how come that you and I
                                      C7
Got just one world and just one sky.

[Chorus]
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We’re in the same boat brother,
             Bb        F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
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And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
         Am   C    F
It’s the same boat brother

[Verse 2]
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Oh the boat rolled on through storm and grief,
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Past many a rock and many a reef,
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What keep them going was a great belief
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That they had to learn to navigate
                                  Dm
'Cause the human race was special freight
        Gm
If they didn’t want to be in Jonah’s shoes,
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We'd better be mates on this here cruise.

[Chorus]
                Ab   C    F
'Cause it's the same boat brother,
             Ab   C    F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
                                       Dm       F
And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
         Ab   C    F
It’s the same boat brother

[Verse 3]
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When a boiler blew somewhere in Spain,
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The keel was smashed in the far Ukraine
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And the steam poured out from Oregon to Maine
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Oh, it took some time for the crew to learn
                                          Dm
What's bad for the bow ain’t good for the stern.
     Gm
If a hatch takes fire in China Bay,
                                          C7
Pearl Harbor's deck's gonna blaze away.

[Chorus]
                Ab   C    F
'Cause it's the same boat brother,
             Ab   C    F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
                                       Dm       F
And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
         Ab   C    F
It’s the same boat brother
             Ab   C    F
We’re in the same boat brother,
             Bb        F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
                  Dm       F
And we must live with each other
       Ab   C
In the same boat,
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The very same boat brother