Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools easy guitar chords by John Cale

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    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    The Ship 
    of 
    Fools 
    is 
    coming 
    in 

    Take 
    me 
    off 
    I've 
    got 
    to 
    eat 

    Same 
    old 
    stories 
    same 
    old 
    thing 

    Letting 
    out 
    and 
    pulling 
    in 

    Verse 2
    Mis
    ter, 
    there's 
    a caravan 

    parked 
    out back

    Restless 
    hop
    ing for 

    a Christian 
    rider

    The black 
    book, 
    a grap
    pling 
    hook 

    A hangman's 
    noose 
    on a 

    burnt 
    out tree 

    Guess 
    we must 
    be 
    getting 
    close 

    to 
    Tombstone 

    Verse 3
    The last 
    time 
    we had 
    eaten 

    Was 
    when the flies 
    were 

    going 
    for 
    free 

    You could 
    count the 
    hardships 

    by 
    the 
    open 
    door
    s 

    But 
    sandwiched 
    in 
    between 

    Were 
    the 
    fishermen 
    who still 

    Wished 
    they could 
    sail 
    from 

    Tenessee to 
    Arizona 

    Verse 4
    So 
    hold 
    on, 
    won't 
    be 
    long 

    The call 
    is 
    on 
    the 
    line 

    Hold 
    on, 
    Sister's 
    gone 

    South 
    to give 
    the 
    sign 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 5
    We picked 
    up 
    Dracula 

    in Mem
    phis 

    It was 
    just 
    about 
    the 
    break 
    of 
    day 

    And 
    then 
    hastily 
    prayed 
    for 

    out souls 
    to 
    be saved 

    There was 
    something 
    in 
    the air 

    that made 
    us 
    kind of 
    weary 

    Verse 6
    By 
    the 
    time 
    we 
    got to 
    Swansea 

    it was 
    getting 
    dark 

    Tumble, 
    jungles, 
    bugles 
    and 
    the prize 

    The 
    tides 
    turned 
    west 
    at 
    Amerforth 

    As if they 
    didn't 
    know what 
    to do 

    But 
    Garnant stood 
    its ground 

    and asked 
    for more 

    Verse 7
    All 
    the people 
    seemed 
    quite 

    glad 
    to see 
    us 

    Shaking 
    hands 
    and smiling 

    like 
    the clock

    Well we 
    gave 
    them all 
    the mes
    sage 
    then 

    That 
    the Ship 
    of 
    Fools 
    was 
    in 

    Make 
    sure 
    they 
    get 
    home 

    for 
    Christ
    mas 

    Verse 8
    So 
    hold 
    on, 
    won't 
    be 
    long 

    The 
    call 
    is 
    on 
    the 
    line 

    So 
    hold 
    on, 
    Sister's 
    gone 

    South 
    to 
    give the 
    sign 

    Outro 1




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