Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Beginner
🎸 Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
🎸 Verse 1:
N.C. E MajorE
Oh, they built the great Titanic
A augmentedA
To sail the ocean blue
E MajorE
And they thought they'd built her strong
B7B7
So no water could get through
E MajorE
But the Lord's almighty hand
A augmentedA
Said this ship would never land
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Verse 2:
E MajorE
So the people came aboard
A augmentedA
To set sail from England's shore
E MajorE
The upper decks were for the rich
B7B7
Kept separate from the poor
E MajorE
And the poor were sent below
A augmentedA
Where they'd be the first to go
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Chorus:
N.C. A augmentedA E MajorE
It was sad (it was sad), it was sad (it was sad)
B7B7
It was sad when that great ship went down
E MajorE A augmentedA
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Interlude:
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
🎸 Verse 3:
N.C. E MajorE
One o'clock on Monday morn
A augmentedA
An iceberg did its worst
E MajorE
And Captain Edward Smith cried out
B7B7
"Women and children first"
E MajorE
And he tried in vain to wire
A augmentedA
And though every flare was fired
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Verse 4:
E MajorE
So they swung the lifeboats out
A augmentedA
O'er the deep and frigid sea
E MajorE
And the band played on until the last
B7B7
"Nearer, My God, to Thee"
E MajorE
When the waves came o'er the side
A augmentedA
Fifteen hundred had to die
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
It was sad (it was sad), it was sad (it was sad)
B7B7
It was sad when that great ship went down
E MajorE A augmentedA
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
Outro 🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
It was sad (it was sad), it was sad (it was sad)
B7B7
How they prayed as that great ship went down
E MajorE A augmentedA
"Nearer, My God, to Thee", fifteen hundred lost at sea
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
It was sad when that great ship went down
🎸 Outro:
E MajorE A augmentedA
(Nearer, My God, to Thee)
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
(It was sad when that great ship went down)