The Titanic chords by Layne Brooks

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)