Raft Of The Medusa chords by Levellers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

"Raft Of The Medusa"

Great song off Static on the Airwaves - I play using bar chords

Note - fill after C majorC chord on intro (and verses if you like) - run down bass notes B, A augmentedA and G+G

Intro::
FF G+G
D MajorD  C majorC
D MajorD  C majorC
D MajorD  C majorC
FF G+G D MajorD

Verse 1::
   D MajorD       C majorC
The Medusa sailed to Senegal
  D MajorD C majorC
in 1816
D MajorD         C majorC
First we lost the cabin boy
  FF  G+G   D MajorD
Bad omen for us all
  D MajorD        C majorC
We had to swing the lead
      D MajorD       C majorC
There were shallows all around
    D MajorD         C majorC
With a sickening break we took to prayer
   FF   G+G  D MajorD
The Medusa’s run aground

Chorus::
   G+G       FF
We’re rolling on the raft
   G+G       FF
We're sailing in the sun
    G+G  FF
There's 150 on the raft
   FF   G+G   D MajorD
We've lost another one
  G+G        FF
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G+G     FF
Adrift and alone
G+G           FF
How do you look a man in the eye
      FF    G+G    D MajorD
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 2::
D MajorD         C majorC
Vive le Roi we’ll sail this raft
   D MajorD      C majorC
Take all the company
  D MajorD  C majorC
Yet 17 remained behind
  FF   G+G D MajorD
To die in agony
  D MajorD        C majorC
We mutinied on the wine and fear
  D MajorD         C majorC
As bad as a knife and teeth
D MajorD    C majorC
50 died on the raft
FF G+G   D MajorD
7 around me

Chorus::
   G+G       FF
We’re rolling on the raft
   G+G       FF
We're sailing in the sun
    G+G     FF
There's 100 of us on the raft
   FF   G+G   D MajorD
We've lost another one
  G+G        FF
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G+G     FF
Adrift and alone
G+G           FF
How do you look a man in the eye
      FF    G+G    D MajorD
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 3::
 D MajorD         C majorC
A augmentedA wondrous sight so bright and white
 D MajorD         C majorC
A augmentedA Butterfly sent by God
  D MajorD         C majorC
We follow it down to swallow it down
   FF  G+G  D MajorD
I’ll haul for us
D MajorD       C majorC
Pray to the almighty
  D MajorD          C majorC
Or cast yourself in the sea
   D MajorD     C majorC
As a brig, the Argus
   FF     G+G    D MajorD
Comes close but doesn’t see

Chorus::
   G+G       FF
We’re rolling on the raft
   G+G       FF
We're sailing in the sun
    G+G    FF
There's 70 of us on the raft
   FF   G+G   D MajorD
We've lost another one
  G+G        FF
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G+G     FF
Adrift and alone
G+G           FF
How do you look a man in the eye
      FF    G+G    D MajorD
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 4::
  D MajorD       C majorC
And in my arms my own true flesh
D MajorD      C majorC
Died so quietly
D MajorD       C majorC
Praise to the butterfly
    FF G+G  D MajorD
Or the almighty
  D MajorD            C majorC
And in my mouth my own true flesh
D MajorD        C majorC
Tasted sweet to me
D MajorD       C majorC
Praise to the butterfly
    FF   G+G  D MajorD
Or the Argus finally!

Chorus::
   G+G       FF
We’re rolling on the raft
   G+G       FF
We're sailing in the sun
    G+G    FF
There's 20 of us on the raft
   FF   G+G   D MajorD
We've lost another one
  G+G        FF
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G+G     FF
Adrift and alone
G+G           FF
How do you look a man in the eye
      FF    G+G    D MajorD
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro to fade