Numbers chords by The Jolly Rogers

Key: 'Em'

Intro:
 Em  G  D  Em

Em                           G
Sixty set out from Cambridge all good men and true
     D                              Em
On a gunship bound for glory with a young and wild crew
C                                   G
We’d charge in, make our stand, and we’d see victory
         C                                    B
But when we’d won our first battle there were only fifty-three

Em                          G
More died from infection despite the surgeon’s tricks
     D                                  Em
That brought our bold and fearless crew down to forty-six
C                            G
We then sailed away thinking we had seen the worst
        C                              B
But we steered her back around when we heard a cannon’s burst

C                             G
Second fight that day and our luck was fading fast
Am                G               F
Though we stayed afloat we’d lost most of our main mast
C                           Am
We were now adrift and very glad to be alive
         G                           B
Though I must admit our crew was now down to thirty-five

Em                                   G
Most of the food was ruined from the salt sea down below
       D                           Em
But we didn’t fear ‘til the water started running low
C                                   G
With our bold and hardy crew just a fortnight out to sea
    C                              B
The cruel sea had taken twelve and we were twenty-three

Em                                G
Four more days had passed when we caught site of a gale
        D                               Em
We were sucking rain from the rags that used to be our sail
 C                          G
Another week adrift was the worst sight ever seen
      C                           B
Our beleaguered crew was now down to just seventeen

    C                                G
The first mate started screaming and set the deck alight
   Am          G                F
We tried to restrain him but we had a madman’s fight
C                                  Am
When we stopped him he’d just hum: It’ll all be fine
       G                          B
But by then our battered crew was no more than nine

     Em                          G
From nine we went to seven, from seven down to three
    D                                Em
The cabin boy, the carpenter and the boson, that was me
C                                    G
We all sat there on the deck, though none of us could speak
C                              B
We should be keeping watch but we were all too weak

    Em                           G
The cabin boy was curled up in a corner all alone
    D                           Em
The carpenter was muttering and gnawing on a bone
C                                G
I just kept on laughing, cause I knew I’d lost my grip
   C                        B
As we were taken one by one to the rescue ship

C                         G
Never go to sea, me boys, never leave the land
    Am                 G              F
For once you’re out to sea it doesn’t matter what you planned
C                                  Am
Your life lies in the mercy of the sea heartless and cruel
   G                             B
So you’ll stay ashore unless you truly are a fool

       Em                                     G
Though three survived that awful trip I’m the last one of my crew
    D                                       Em
The others locked in their own minds, their voyage never through
   C                            G
So listen to me lads before you take your hellish trip
C            B                             Em
Man belongs upon the ground, not on some Goddamn ship