Let Her Go Down

Capo 2

Intro:  C   G    C    F   (2x) 

verse 1: 
C             F 
Sometime in October, 
   G           F         C 
We sailed from England's shore 
        G        C    G      C 
When we sailed into a raging storm 
          F           G      C 
Like I've never, ever seen before 
    F                          G 
And all of the crew, they were brave men 
        C               C7  F 
But the captain, he was braver 
          G     C        G        C 
He said, "Never mind the ship, me boys, 
                            F 
There's none of us here can save her” 


Chorus:                 
            C      C   G   F 
“Let her go down      
              C      C   G   F 
Swim for your lives 
              C 
Swim for your children 
Dm            G 
Swim for your wives   
               C       C   G   F 
But let her go down  
           C         C   G   F 
Let her go down” 


verse 2: 
C                F 
Lost in the open ocean 
           G           F        C 
There were some of the crew and me 
       G       C           G       C 
As the captain steered our wounded ship 
       F            G     C 
To the bottom of an angry sea 
             F                   G 
And with his dying breath we all heard him say, 
          C            C7  F 
"It's the fortune of a sailor" 
              G     C        G        C 
And he said, "Never mind the ship, me boys, 
                            F 
There's none of us here can save her” 


                 
            C      C   G   F 
“Let her go down      
              C      C   G   F 
Swim for your lives 
              C 
Swim for your children 
Dm            G 
Swim for your wives   
               C       C   G   F 
But let her go down  
           C        C   G   D 
Let her go down” 


                   * Key change - Up 2 semitones * 


verse 3: 
D                  G 
He wondered if his shipmates 
     A             G             D 
Were ready just to pray and give in 
      A            D         A      D 
So he called their names out one by one 
                 G         A         D 
But there was no one else around but him 
           G                    A 
He saw the ship go down in the fading light 
       D                  D7    G 
And he knew he could have saved her 
              A       D              A       D 
He said, "The captain lied, when the captain cried", 
                             G 
'There's none of us here can save her"; 

                 
            D      D   A   G 
“Let her go down      
              D      D   A   G 
Swim for your lives 
              D 
Swim for your children 
Em            A 
Swim for your wives   
               D       D   A   G 
But let her go down  
           D        D   A   G 
Let her go down 
           D        D   A   G 
Let her go down 
           D      
Let her go down”