Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
D
F#m
D
Verse 1
C#m
C#
we’re winnowing away
A
D
the heathens had their eyes on
A
C#m
C#
Step by step the sun is gonna set
F#m
A
D
on the waves that sully the horizon
Verse 2
F#m
A
That boat afloat on the ocean
sets my spine a-tingling
D
C#m
So So let the boys brigade
D
A
F#m
D
be singing
A
F#m
D
Close your eyes
Verse 3
D
A
Blow by blow,
C#m
C#
there’s gonna be a show
A
D
the who is who of history
A
C#m
C#
Deal by deal we’ll crush them on a wheel
F#m
E
A
D
Of progress and manifest destiny
Verse 4
F#m
A
That boat afloat on the ocean
with the chains of state a-jingling
D
C#m
And And at the sight of
D
A
F#m
D
intermingling
A
F#m
D
Close your eyes
Verse 5
A
E
I feel kinda blue
A
E
the scapegoat was always someone new
D
A
E
C#m
So step up to the camera, you
Verse 6
F#m
A
That boat afloat all alone
C#m
D
And a telephone is ringing
C#m
D
The coastguard have been drinking
C#m
D
Nobody had an inkling
A
F#m
D
Cos they closed their eyes
A
F#m
Close your eyes.
Outro 1
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F#m
D
A
F#m
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F#m
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F#m
D
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