Sixteen Fathoms Down chords by 
Burl Ives 
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Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Six teen fathoms down
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lies the gold
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That's almost a hundred feet and
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the water's cold
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Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Verse 2
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I ran into Boondock Charlie
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down in New Or leans
He told me about a sunken treas
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ure I began to dream
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All that gold within my reach
I could do a lot of things
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I could win the love of Nell the
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belle of New Or leans
Verse 3
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But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
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Six teen fathoms down the water's
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cold cold cold yeah
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Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Verse 4
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We rigged our sails then set our
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course south from New Or leans
But the wind lay low and the trip was
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slow to the far off Caribbean
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Well our tongues were dry and
the sun was hot in the Caribbean sky
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And I be gin to think that Charlie
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had told me another lie
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But six teen fathoms
Verse 5
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down lies the gold
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Six teen fathoms down the water's
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cold cold cold yeah
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Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
Verse 6
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Well we put on our scuba tanks and
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plunged beneath the depths
Where a hundred sharks attacked
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us and Charlie met his death
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I guess somehow that
I was lucky I came out alive
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But Boon dock Charlie's driftin'
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somewhere beneath the Caribbean tide
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But six teen fathoms down lies the
Verse 7
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gold
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Sixteen fathoms down the water's
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cold cold
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cold yeah
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Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold
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