Em ~ ~ Em
1. We're an oyster cracker on the stew, and the
honey in the tea,
D
C7
B7
we're the sugar cubes, one
lump or two, in the black coffee.
Em
The golden crust on an apple
pie, that shines in the sun at noon,
D B7 Em
we're a wheel of cheese high in
the sky, but we're gonna be sinkin'
soon.
Em
2. In a boat that's built of sticks and hay, we drifted from the shore,
D - C7 B7
with a captain who's too proud
to say that
he dropped the oar.
Em
Now a tiny hole has sprung a
leak in this cheap pontoon,
D B7 Em
now the hull has started growing weak, and we're gonna
be sinkin' soon.
G Em
We're gonna
be sinkin' soon, we're gonna
be sinkin' soon,
G C7 B7 Em
everybody hold your breath
'cause we're gonna be sinkin'
soon.
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G Em
We're gonna
be sinkin' soon, we're gonna
be sinkin' soon,
G C7 B7 Em
everybody hold your breath
'cause down and down we go.
Em
3. Like the oyster cracker on the stew, the honey in the tea,
D C7 B7
the sugar cubes, one lump or
two? No thank you none for me.
Em
We're the golden crust on an
apple pie, that shines in the sun at noon,
D
like the wheel of cheese high
in the sky,
B7 Em
well, we're gonna be sinkin' soon.
(Norah Jones)