Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
C#m
F#m
B
F#m
A
F#m
B
A
C#m
F#m
B
F#m
C#m
F#m
B
F#m
Build for me your tightest
Verse 1
C#m
ship
F#m
F#sus4
make the oars run
F#m
E
F#m
swift and fast.
B
C#m
Send me out your strongest crew
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
make their hearts and minds stead fast,
B
F#m
C#m
Bless me with Athena
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
there's no mean er,
E
she's the best.
B
F#m
C#m
For when we hit the roughest seas
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
A
we'll need all we can get.
Verse 2
Bm
F#
You say "sink or swim"
F#sus4
Bm
F#m
A
what a cruel, cruel phrase
Bm
F#m
I'd rather fly
don't want to be caught
B
in this endless race
Verse 3
C#m
The first beast that will appear
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
will entice us with money and fame.
B
Bsus4
B
F#m
C#m
If you listen long enough
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
you'll forget there's anything else.
B
Bsus4
B
F#m
C#m
Tie me to the mas t
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
B
of this ship and of this band.
C#m
Tie me to the greater things
F#m
B
A
the people that I love.
E
Verse 4
A
Bm
F#m
You can walk the plank
do the dead mans float
A
Bm
F#
Never let them see
F#sus4
F#m
your heart is pounding full of hope.
Interlude 1
F#m
Bm
E
B
E
Bm
E
C#m
A
C#m
Bm
E
C#m
B
E
B
E
Bm
E
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
A
Let the last storm
Verse 5
C#m
hit us
F#m
F#sus4
let it strike at
F#m
E
the hardest part.
B
C#m
Turn us all to mutiny
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
B
turn this boat upside down.
A
C#m
I am not the cap tain
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
E
I am just another fan.
Bsus4
F#m
C#m
Sailing off the edge of truth
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
in to the end of you.
Verse 6
E
A
Bm
Eye of the storm
F#m
what a cruel, cruel myth
Bm
F#m
A
There's no
Bm
F#m
bigger spotlight
than shown on the ones
B
brave enough to live.
Verse 7
C#m
F#sus4
The end of you, end of you,
E
end of you,
B
I've been looking for you
C#m
The end of you,
F#sus4
end of you, end of you,
E
I've been looking for you
Outro 1
B
C#sus4
C#m
B
E
B
C#m
C#sus4
C#m
B
E
Bm
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C#m F#m A F#sus4...
B
C#m
F#m
A
F#sus4
E
Bm
F#
Bsus4
C#sus4
G
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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