Key: A
Introduction:
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"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British Ship Veronica was lost without a sign"
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Baa baa black sheep,
E
you haven't any wool.
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Captain Richardson
C
left himself a lonely wife in Hull.
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C7+
Cherub,
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I lost a ship in the Baltic sea.
G C
I'm on an iceberg running free.
C7+
Sitting,
F Dm
filing this berg to the shape of a ship
C
sailing my way back to your lips.
Dm
One passing ship gave word that
C
you have moved out of your old flat,
F Dm
you love the Vicar more than words can say.
G
Tell him to pray
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that I won't melt a way and I'll see your face again.
Am G F G Am G F C
O...des...sa, how strong am I?
Am G F G G#º Am G F C
O...des...sa, how time goes by?
(C)
C7+
Treasure,
F Dm
you know the neighbours that live next door,
G C
they haven't got their dog anymore.
C7+
Freezing,
F Dm
sailing around in the North Atlantic,
C
can't seem to leave the sea anymore.
Dm
I just can't understand
C
why you just moved to Finland.
F Dm
You love that Vicar more then words can say.
G
Ask him to pray
C G/B Am F C/E Dm G
that I won't melt a way and I'll see your face again.
Am G F G Am G F C
O...des...sa, how strong am I?
Am G F G G#º Am G F C
O...des...sa, how time goes by?
AmE C G G#º AmE C G AmE C G AmE F GE AmE
Am
"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British ship Veronica was lost without a sign"