[ transcribed from a book of the dead ]
[ guitar is tuned whole step lower ]
[ 4/4 time , moderate blues ]
| – – – – | = 4 beat bar

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[ verse : ]

| C – – – | G – F – | f#o7 – – – | C – – – |

| – – – E – | F – – – Em | Dm – – – | G – – – |

| G – – – | F – C – | Em – – – | Dm – – – |

| F – – – | C – – – | G – F – | C – – – |

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[ chorus and fade : ]

| G – – – | – – F – | C – – – | C – – – |
| G – – – | – – F – | Am – – – | Am – – – |
| Am – – – | Am – – – – | f#o7 – – – | f#o7 – – – |
| Dm – – – | G – F – | C – – – | C – – – |

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[ verse 1 : ]

C G F f#o7 C
went to see the cap__tain___ strangest__ i could find

E F Em
laid my__ prop_o_sition down__

Dm G F C
laid it on the line___ i won’t slave for beg – gar’s pay__

Em Dm
like – wise__ gold and jew – els____

F C G F C
but i would slave to learn the way___ to sink your__ ship of fools

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[ chorus : ]

C G F C
ship of fools_______ on a cru__el sea

C G F Am
ship of fools_______ sail A – way___ from me

Am f#o7
it was lat – er___ that i thought when i first believed you

f#o7 Dm G F C
now i can – not share your laugh – ter__ ship of fools

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[ verse 2 lyrics , same chords as verse 1 : ]

saw your first ship sink and drown from rocking of the boat;
and all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float .

i won’t leave you driftin’ down but whoa it makes me wild ,
with thirty years upon my head , to have you call me child .

[ : chorus same chords and lyrics : ]

verse 3 lyrics , same chords as verse 1 :

the bottles stand as empty as they were filled before;
time there was and plenty but from that cup no more .

though i could not caution all i still might warn a few;
don’t lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools .

[ : chorus to jam or fade : ]
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thanks to the dead , in and out of garden jerry goes . . .