Ship Of Fools Chords

Capo 3
Original Key: Bb

INTRO:
G
 
#1.
G                              D
Tell me, quick, said Old McFee..

what's this all have 
                Am               C             G
to do with me?..I've spent all my time at sea, a loner.
G                                      D
Is there something else I should know?..

something hidden 
                Am       C         G
down below, the level of your conversation?
 
CHORUS:
         Em          Am         D
Well, he turned away before the answer..
         Em            Am            D
though I yelled aloud, he refused to hear.
             G     C G
It became too clear..
 
#2.
G                         D
So, it went as we put out..

I was left in constant doubt..
Am           C                G
everything I asked about seemed private.
G                                         D
The captain strolled the bridge one night..

I stopped him 
                      
in the evening light..
Am                 C               G
to ask him would it be all right to join him.
 
CHORUS:
       Em          Am        D
But he stood there like some idol..
       Em       Am        D
and he listened like some temple..
                    G  C G
and then he turned away.
 
#3.
G                           D
All along the fateful coast..we 

moved silent, like a ghost.
Am                 C           G
The timeless sea of tireless host possessed us.
G
The wind came building from the cold northwest..
D                                  
and soon the waves began to crest, 
Am                C
crashing cross the forward
          G
deck..all hands lost.
 
CHORUS:
  Em     Am           D
I alone, survived the sinking..
  Em     Am            D
I alone, possessed the tools, on 
            G   C G
that ship of fools.
 
OUTRO:
G            C G                G    C G
Ship of fools......on that ship of fools..
G                  C G
that ship of fools..