Down among the dead men (1978)    (video)

 

   Am - C - F - E (2x)

 

               Am   - C

1. It was night,        a starry moonless sight,

F                                      - E

    out in the mid Atlantic,        there sailed a ship of light.

                   Am  - C

    She was big,       this ship of luxury,

F                                          - E

    everything was peaceful,       no safer place to be.

                     F      - F                     D7   - D7                C    - F - G

    And she sailed       through the night,        on her way.

 

      Am                                      - G - F - G - Am

+  Down among the dead men,

      Am                                     - G - F - G - Am

    down among the dead men                             the band played.

 

+  C - F - G - C   - C - F - G - C    

 

   E - Am                           E       - G                           D    - F - G

+             She sailed, the virgin,       she sailed the sea,

      Am                                     - G - F - G - Am

    down among the dead men.

 

                    Am    - C

2. Captain Smith,        the master in command,

F                                                 - E

    a man with wealth of wisdom,       a fine upstanding man.

                 Am - C

    But the fog,        he didn‘t hear the calls,

F                                                      - E

    the ice mountain was waiting for         fifteen hundred souls.

                     F      - F                     D7   - D7                C    - F - G

    And she sailed       through the night,        on her way.

 

      Am                                      - G - F - G - Am

+  Down among the dead men,

      Am                                     - G - F - G - Am

    down among the dead men                             the band played.

 

+  C - F - G - C   - C - F - G - C (2x)

 

   E - Am                           E       - G                           D    - F - G

+             She sailed, the virgin,       she sailed the sea,

      Am                                     - G - F - G - Am

    down among the dead men.

      Am                                      - G - F                 G   Am

    Down among the dead men             and into history.

 

+  Am - C - F - E (5x) ….

 

 

    (Flash And The Pan)