The Arrogant Worms - Shipwreck Balladeer

      

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 SHIPWRECK BALLADEER - The Arrogant Worms

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 Tabbed by: Sam Filgate
 
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 I have been since seventeen a shipwreck balladeer
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 Tragedy and misery are what makes my career
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 Watery graves are my stock and trade, but it's getting harder
     Am                 C                  G       Em            Am     
 For all the boats that now do float are returning safely to the harbour
 
 There hasn't been a shipwreck scene since 1965
 And I find I cry each time a crew returns alive
 I only cheer when gales appear and threaten fresh disaster
 They pass by, the boat survives, only my career's in tatters
 
 Chorus:
         F                  C                   G           Em     
 They're building ships too good today, and I'm the one who suffers
      F                   C                G                 Em     
 They don't get rent from aft to stern and their hulls never rupture
     F                   C               G           Em  
 Not dashed on rocks and never tossed to heaven on a wave
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 You may think it well and good but my livelihood sails away
 
 There once were found, twenty in town, who wrote about shipwrecks
 When boats sank lots, just like rocks, 'twas good as it gets
 But the golden ages passed away and I'm barely survivin'
 The balladeers are dead I fear or workin' in advertisin'
 
 They're building ships too good today and it's hurtin' me
 Why can't even one poor soul fall into the dark sea
 And be ripped apart by hungry sharks in a bloody spree
 You may think it well and good, but my livelihood sails away
 
 F      C    G    Em F       C     F       G Em 
 Oh the only tragedy left to sing about is me
 
 That government bastard's been sent to take my job from me
 That inspector is making sure the ships are seaworthy
 He can try, no way will I ever give up hope
 When he went by, I did pry a big hole in his boat
 
 They're building ships too good today, so I helped one along
 How sweet it is to once again hear the tortured song
 Of a man afloat a sinking boat, who knows he will die today
 You might think it bad not good, but my livelihood's here to stay
                                         Am  Em   G   D   Am 
 It's here to stay. It's here to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay