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Let Her Go Down by Steeleye Span
CAPO 2nd Fret
[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”
[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 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";
[CHORUS]
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”
