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