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When the ship hit the sand chords by Little Jimmy Dickens

  • D

  • Am

  • A

  • G

Verse 1
D
Am
A
D
Oh! my wife and I
went on an ocean cruise
Three days out and I was sick
A
down to my shoes
G
And to make it more forelorn, we sailed
D
into a ragin' storm
Where we were,
A
D
nobody seemed to have a clue.
Verse 2
D
While the ship was bein'
tossed and thrown about
A
I decided that I'd try to take a nap
G
Then I heard an awful noise and
D
I asked one of the boys
What had happened and you should
A
D
of heard him shout.

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Verse 3
D
Chorus:
Where were you when the ship hit the sand?
I said; "I was in there
A
prayin' for dry land,
D
With a bucket and my
G
breakfast in my hand!"
D
A
Where were you when the ship
D
hit the sand?
Interlude 1
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
Verse 4
D
Oh! the captain he came
a- runnin' up on deck
He was a- lookin kinda pale
A
around the neck
G
As he sit there shoutin' orders,
D
I stood splashin' in the water
A
And I ask exactly what you might expect.
D
Interlude 2
A
D
G
Verse 5
G
Chorus:
D
A
Where were you when the
D
ship hit the sand?
He said; "I was in there
A
prayin' for dry land,
D
With a bucket and my
G
breakfast in my hand!"
D
A
D
Where were you when the ship hit the sand?...
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