The Golden Vanity chords by The Almanac Singers

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Verse 1
C 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (G major)  (C major) There was a lofty ship,
and she put out to sea
And the name of this ship was
Dm 
the Golden  (D minor) Vanity
C 
And she sailed  (C major) upon the low
and lonesome low
G 
C 
And she sailed upon the lone (G major) some sea  (C major) 

Verse 2
C 
She had not  (C major) been out but
two weeks or three
When she was overtaken
Dm 
by a Turk (D minor) ish Reveley
C 
And she sailed  (C major) upon the low
and lonesome low
G 
C 
And she sailed upon the lone (G major) some sea  (C major) 

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Verse 3

Then up spake our little cabin boy

Saying, ""What will you give

me if I will them destroy

If I sink them in the low and lonesome low

If I sink them in the lonesome sea?""

Verse 4
C 
""Oh, the man that them destroys""  (C major) 
Our captain then replied
""Five thousand pounds,
Dm 
and my  (D minor) daughter for his bride
C 
If he sinks them  (C major) in the low
and lonesome low
G 
C 
If he sinks them in the  (G major) lonesome sea!""  (C major) 

Verse 5
C 
So the boy smote his  (C major) breast
And down jumped he
He swum till he come to the
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Golden  (F major) Reveley
C 
As she  (C major) sailed upon the low
and lonesome low
G 
C 
As she sailed upon the lone (G major) some  (C major) sea

Verse 6
C 
He  (C major) had a little tool That was
made for the use
G 
He bore nine holes in her  (G major) hull all at once
C 
And he sunk her  (C major) in the low
and lonesome low
G 
C 
And he sunk her in the lone (G major) some  (C major) sea

Verse 7
C 
Then he  (C major) swum back to his ship
and he beat upon the side
Cried, ""Captain, pick me up,
G 
F 
for I'm  (G major) wearied with the  (F major) tide
C 
And I'm  (C major) sinkin' in the low
and lonesome low
And I'm sinkin' in the
G 
C 
 (G major) lonesome  (C major) sea!""

Verse 8
C 
""Oh, I will not  (C major) pick you up""
The captain then replied
""I'll shoot you, I'll drown
G 
C 
you, I'll  (G major) sink you in the  (C major) tide
I'll sink you in the low and lonesome low
G 
C 
I'll sink you in the lone (G major) some  (C major) sea!""