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hoist up the thing chords by 
The Longest Johns
Intro 1
D
Asus4
A
D
Asus4
D
Verse 1
Fresh out of college
with grades straight from Hell
I browsed for a trade at which
A
D
I could excel
G
An ad for a ship in need of some
D
manning
Men, sails, and purpose,
but lacking a captain
G
What luck,
Verse 2
D
says I, to find such good fortune
A
A few white lies later,
D
I ran down the pier
G
Bought me a coat and a
D
cutlass or two
A
Jumped on the deck,
Asus4
A
and I yelled at the crew
Verse 3
G
D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down
the whatsit!
A
What's that thing spinning?
D
Somebody should stop it!
G
Turn hard to port! (That's not
D
port?) Now I've got it!
A
D
Trust me, I'm in control!
Asus4
Verse 4
D
I can't sing the shanties,
G
D
it has to be said
And all of that grog just goes
A
right to my head
D
Whale meat is gross,
and I miss a girl's laugh
Five weeks at sea,
A
even Dave seems a catch!
G
Hoist up the thing!
Verse 5
D
Batten down
the whatsit!
A
What's that thing spinning?
D
Somebody should stop it!
G
Turn hard to port! (That's not
D
port?) Now I've got it!
A
D
Trust me, I'm in control!
Verse 6
D
We've hit icy waters, no land to be seen
The food's getting low,
and the beer has gone green
Bb
There's murmurs
Gm
of discontent under the deck
F
Asus4
A
If I don't act fast, it could be my neck!
D
So pull up the charts and those
Verse 7
D
weird gold machines
I see what it says,but no
A
clue what it means!
D
Just pull on some levers
and yank on some chains
Feign a bad back til' we've
A
Asus4
A
landed again
Verse 8
G
D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down
the whatsit!
A
What's that thing spinning?
D
Somebody should stop it!
G
Turn hard to port! (That's not
D
port) Now I've got it!
A
D
Trust me, I'm in control!
Verse 9
G
D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down
the whatsit!
A
What's that thing spinning?
D
Somebody should stop it!
G
Turn hard to port! (That's not
D
port?) Now I've got it!
A
D
Trust me, I'm in control! Come on
Verse 10
G
D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down
the whatsit!
A
Asus4
A
What's that thing spinning? Some
D
body should stop it!
G
Turn hard to port! (That's not
D
port?) Now I've got it!
A
D
Trust me, I'm in control!
Verse 11
G
D
Hoist up the thing! Batten down
the whatsit!
A
What's that thing spinning?
D
Somebody should stop it!
G
D
Turn hard to port! (This is jail?) Now
I've got it!
A
Bm
F#m
Trust me, I'm in control!
G
(ahh, help me!)
A
Trust me, I'm in control!
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