Key: F minor•
Verse 1
scrubbing these floors
And I'm scrubbin' the floors while
Maybe once you tip me and it
makes you feel swell
F#
G#m
In this crummy Southern town
E#m
C#m
Am
A
In this crummy old hotel
to who you're talkin'
F#
C#m
No, you couldn't ever guess
D#
D#m
Verse 2
E#m
F#
And you'll won der who
E#m
Em
could that have been
And you see me kinda grinnin'
E#m
C#
C#m
while I'm scrubbin'
And you say,
G#m
E#m
I'll tell you
Verse 3
B
Bm
D
The Black Freighter
C
Am
With a skull on its masthead
D
F#
B
Will be coming in
Fm
Verse 4
You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal,
finish them floors!
F#
D#m
you! Earn your keep here!
You toss me your tips and look
C#m
G#m
But I'm count ing your heads as I'm making
'Cause there's nobody
gonna sleep here
F#
C#m
Tonight, nobody's gonna sleep
F#
here, honey
B
F#
Nobody
E#m
F#
Nobody
E#m
D#m
D#
Verse 5
D#m
F#
G#m
C#m
Then one night,
Em
C#dim
there's a scream in the night
Em
C#m
And you say, "Who's that kicking
Em
C#dim
Em
up a row?"
C
C#
out the win dow
B
Fm
I'll tell you
Verse 6
G
Am
Em
Bm
Fm
The Black Freighter
F#dim
B
Shootin' guns from her bow
E#m
Verse 7
Now
You gentlemen can wipe off that
smile off your face
will be down to the ground
C#
G#m
Only this cheap hotel standing
up safe and sound
C#
F#
And you yell,
C#m
F#
"Why do they spare that one?"
F#
C#
D#
"Why do they spare that one?"
D#m
All
Verse 8
G#m
C#m
F#
You won der who is that person
G
Am
F#
And you see me stepping out
F#m
F#
in the morning
Ebm
Fm
Gb
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair,
Em
haha
Verse 9
Cbm
D
The Black Freighter
Em
Am
Cm
Runs a flag up its masthead
C
F#
And a cheer rings in the air
B
Bm
B
Verse 10
the dock is a- swarmin' with men
Comin' out from the
D#m
A#aug
They're moving'in the shadows where
F#
C#
And they're chainin' up people,
F#
C#m
and they're bringin' em to me
F#
C#m
Askin' me, "Kill them now,
C#dim
C#m
or later?"
F#
C#m
F#
Askin' me, "Kill them now,
or later?"
G#m
C#
Noon
Verse 11
F#
C#
C#m
by the clock and
Em
F#
B
Em
so still at the dock
F#
B
F#
B
C#
F#
Em
You can hear a foghorn miles away
F#
B
Bm
C
C
and in that quiet of death
right now!"
Verse 12
bodies
And I'll say, "That'll learn ya!"
Verse 13
Em
G
And the ship
Bm
G
The Black Freighter
And
G
On
F#
It
Is
B
Me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsFm A#aug F# G#m E#m...
Chords
Fm
A#aug
F#
G#m
E#m
C#m
Am
A
D#m
D#
Em
C#
C#sus4
B
Bm
D
C
G#
C#dim
G
F#dim
F#m
Ebm
Gb
Cbm
Cm
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