The Oil Song
The Oil Song

The Oil Song easy guitar chords by Steve Forbert

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  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Gm

    3
  • Am

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    2
  • D

  • C

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  • G

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  • D

  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    "Oh 
    the 

    engine's 
    gone 
    dead," 
    cried 
    the 
    men 
    who 
    work 
    there 

    And 
    she 
    passed 
    up 
    the 
    dock 

    on 
    the 
    wide 
    Delaware 

    Then 
    the 
    ship 
    ran 
    aground 

    and 
    the 
    oil 
    got 
    away 

    And 
    they 
    penned 
    that 
    report, 

    "The Big 
    Spill" 
    on 
    that 
    day 

    It 
    was 
    hundreds 
    of 
    thousands 

    of 
    gallons 
    galore 

    Stretching 
    thirty- 
    two 
    miles 
    down 

    the 
    Delaware 
    shore 

    There 
    were 
    geese 
    in 
    the 
    marshes 

    out 
    looking 
    for 
    food 

    They 
    got 
    stuck 
    where 
    they 
    stood 

    in 
    the 
    oncoming 
    crude 

    And 
    it's 
    oil, 
    oil 

    Ah, drift
    ing 
    to 
    the 
    sea 

    Oil, 
    oil 

    Don't 
    buy 
    it 
    at 
    the station, 

    you 
    can 
    have 
    it 
    now 
    for 
    free 

    Just 
    come 
    on 
    down 
    to 
    the shoreline 

    where 
    the 
    wa
    ter 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    In 
    the 
    well- 
    charted 
    waters 
    of 
    the 

    Nan
    tucket 
    shoals 

    There's 
    ship 
    run 
    aground 
    full 
    of 
    oil, 

    we 
    were 
    told 

    In 
    week's 
    worth 
    of 
    rough 
    winter 

    weather 
    and 
    waves 

    The boat 
    started 
    cracking 
    and 

    it 
    could 
    not 
    be 
    saved 

    It 
    was 
    sev
    en- 
    point- 
    six 
    million 

    gallons 
    this 
    time 

    Consider 
    the 
    danger 
    and 

    think 
    of 
    the 
    crime 

    As 
    it 
    poured 
    out 
    slick 

    stretching 
    into 
    the 
    tide 

    Over 
    hundred- 
    miles 
    and 
    yes, 

    it came 
    deep, 
    it came 
    wide 

    And 
    it's 
    oil, 
    oil 

    Oil 
    pour
    ing 
    in 
    the 
    sea 

    Oil, 
    oil 

    Oh, 
    don't 
    buy 
    it 
    at 
    the 
    station, 

    you 
    can 
    have 
    it now 
    for 
    free 

    Just 
    come 
    on 
    down 
    to 
    the shoreline 

    where 
    the water 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    There's 
    talk 
    of 
    some 
    writing 
    found 

    in 
    the ship's 
    lo

    Saying 
    one 
    of 
    the 

    helmsmen's un
    fit 
    for 
    his 
    job 

    And 
    the ship's 
    gyro 
    compass 

    was 
    six 
    degrees 
    shy 

    Their 
    charts 
    were 
    outdated 
    but 
    they, 

    they tried 
    to get 
    by 

    And 
    you 
    know 
    it's 
    oil, 
    oil 

    Yeah, 
    pour
    ing 
    in 
    the sea 

    Oil, 
    oil 

    Don't 
    buy 
    it 
    at 
    the station, 

    you 
    can 
    have 
    it 
    now 
    for 
    free 

    Just 
    come 
    on 
    down 
    to 
    the shoreline 

    where 
    the water 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Yeahhh 


    Now 
    both 
    of 
    these 
    ships, 

    like 
    great 
    many 
    more 

    Got 
    registered 
    in 
    through 
    Liberian 
    doors 

    In
    spections 
    are 
    quick 
    and 

    regula
    tions 
    are 
    few 

    Just 
    sign 
    on 
    the 
    line 
    and 
    go 
    find 
    you 
    crew, 

    yes 

    One 
    of 
    these 
    ships 
    was 
    the 

    Olympic 
    Games 

    The 
    Argo 
    Merchant 
    was 
    the 

    other 
    one's 
    name 

    Well 
    it's 
    sad, 
    but 
    it's 
    true, 

    things 
    got 
    worse 
    for 
    the 
    seas 

    'Cause 
    ain't 
    even 
    mentioned 

    Amo
    co 
    Cadiz 

    Amoco Cadiz, 

    between 
    England 
    and 
    France 

    The 
    big 
    super 
    tanker 
    out 
    there 

    tak
    ing 
    it's 
    chance 

    With 
    its 
    one- 
    hundred- 
    thousand 
    black 

    tons 
    of 
    the 
    slime 

    Amoco Cadiz 
    spilled 
    the 

    most 
    of 
    all 
    time 

    Yes, 
    ya' 
    know 
    it's 
    oil, 
    oil 

    Man, 
    it's 
    creepin' 
    in 
    the 
    sea 

    Oil, 
    oil 

    Oh, 
    don't 
    buy 
    it 
    at 
    the 
    station, 

    you 
    can 
    have 
    it now 
    for 
    free 

    Just 
    come 
    on 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    shoreline 

    where 
    the 
    water 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Now 
    down 
    in 
    the 
    Gulf 
    east 
    of 

    Mexico 
    Way 

    There's 
    something 
    gone 
    wrong, 

    so 
    the 
    pa
    pers 
    all 
    say 

    A Mexican 
    oil 
    well 
    is 
    leaking 

    it's 
    goo 

    They 
    say 
    it's 
    the 
    worse 
    that 

    things 
    have 
    ever 
    come 
    to 

    Yes 
    it's 
    gallons 
    of 
    sludge, 

    sixty- 
    million 
    and 
    more 

    It's 
    cruising 
    and 
    oozing 

    towards 
    many 
    shore 

    Yes, 
    things 
    have 
    got 
    bad 
    but 

    they will 
    prob
    ably 
    get 
    worse 

    If 
    you 
    can
    't 
    drink 
    the 
    oil, 
    oh, 
    you 
    might, 

    you 
    might 
    die 
    of 
    thirst 

    Because 
    it's 
    oil, 
    it's 
    oil 

    And 
    it's 
    creeping 
    in 
    the 
    sea 

    Oil, 
    oil 

    Don't 
    buy 
    it 
    at 
    the 
    station, 

    you 
    can 
    have 
    it 
    now 
    for 
    free 

    Just 
    come 
    on 
    down 
    to the 
    shoreline 
    where 
    the 

    water 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Outro 1



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