hoist up the thing
hoist up the thing

hoist up the thing easy guitar chords by The Longest Johns

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Capo
  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • G

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • G

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Fresh 
    out of college 

    with 
    grades straight 
    from Hell 

    I browsed for 
    a trade at 
    which 

    I could 
    ex
    cel 

    An ad for 
    a ship 
    in 
    need of some 

    manning 

    Men, sails, 
    and purpose, 

    but lacking 
    a captain 

    What luck, 
    Verse 2
    says I, 
    to 
    find such 
    good fortune 

    few white 
    lies later, 

    ran down 
    the pier 

    Bought me 
    a coat 
    and a 

    cut
    lass 
    or two 

    Jumped 
    on the deck, 

    and I 
    yelled 
    at 
    the crew 

    Verse 3
    Hoist 
    up the thing! 
    Bat
    ten down 

    the whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spinning? 

    Some
    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard to port! 
    (That's not 

    port?) Now 
    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust me, 
    I'm 
    in con
    trol! 

    Verse 4

    can't sing 
    the shanties, 

    it 
    has to 
    be said 

    And 
    all 
    of that grog 
    just goes 

    right to 
    my head 

    Whale meat 
    is gross, 

    and 
    I miss a 
    girl's laugh 

    Five 
    weeks 
    at sea, 

    even 
    Dave 
    seems a catch! 

    Hoist 
    up the thing! 
    Verse 5
    Bat
    ten down 

    the whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spinning? 

    Some
    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard to port! 
    (That's not 

    port?) Now 
    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust 
    me, I'm 
    in con
    trol! 

    Verse 6
    We've 
    hit icy 
    waters, 
    no 
    land 
    to be seen 

    The 
    food's 
    getting low, 

    and the 
    beer 
    has gone green 

    There's 
    murmurs 

    of discontent 
    under 
    the deck 

    If 
    I don't 
    act fast, 
    it 
    could be 
    my neck

    So 
    pull up 
    the charts 
    and those 
    Verse 7

    weird gold 
    machines 

    see 
    what it 
    says,but no 

    clue what 
    it means! 

    Just 
    pull on 
    some levers 

    and yank 
    on some chains 

    Feign 
    a bad back 
    til' we've 

    landed 
    again 

    Verse 8
    Hoist up 
    the thing! 
    Bat
    ten down 

    the whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spinning? 

    Some
    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard to port! 
    (That's not 

    port) Now 
    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust me, 
    I'm 
    in con
    trol! 

    Verse 9
    Hoist 
    up the thing! 
    Batten down 

    the whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spinning? 

    Some
    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard to port! 
    (That's not 

    port?) Now 
    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust 
    me, I'm 
    in con
    trol! 
    Come on 

    Verse 10
    Hoist 
    up the thing! 
    Bat
    ten down 

    the whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spin
    ning? Some

    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard to port! 
    (That's not 

    port?) Now 
    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust me, 
    I'm 
    in con
    trol! 

    Verse 11
    Hoist 
    up the thing! 
    Bat
    ten down 

    the 
    whatsit! 

    What's that 
    thing spinning? 

    Some
    body 
    should stop 
    it! 

    Turn 
    hard 
    to 
    port! (This is jail?) Now 

    I've got 
    it! 

    Trust 
    me, I'm 
    in con
    trol! 

    (ahh, help 
    me!) 

    Trust 
    me, I'm 
    in 
    control! 

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