When the ship hit the sand chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
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Verse 1
(D major) (A minor) (A major) (D major) Oh! my wife and I
went on an ocean cruise
Three days out and I was sick
down to my shoes (A major)
And to make (G major) it more forelorn, we sailed
into a ra (D major) gin' storm
Where we were,
nobody seemed (A major) to have a clue. (D major)
Verse 2
(D major) While the ship was bein'
tossed and thrown about
I decided that I'd try to take a nap (A major)
Then I (G major) heard an awful noise and
I asked (D major) one of the boys
What had happened and you should
(A major) of heard him shout. (D major)
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Verse 3
(D major) Chorus:
Where were you when the ship hit the sand?
I said; "I was in there
prayin' for dry (A major) land,
With a buck (D major) et and my
breakfast in my hand!" (G major)
Where were you (D major) when the ship (A major)
hit the sand? (D major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 4
(D major) Oh! the captain he came
a- runnin' up on deck
He was a- lookin kinda pale
around the neck (A major)
As he sit (G major) there shoutin' orders,
I stood splashin' (D major) in the water
And I ask exactly what (A major) you might expect.
(D major)
Interlude 2
(A major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
(G major) Chorus:
Where were you (D major) when the (A major)
(D major) ship hit the sand?
He said; "I was in there
prayin' for dry (A major) land,
With a buck (D major) et and my
breakfast in my hand!" (G major)
Where were you (D major) when the ship (A major) hit the sand?... (D major)
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