Pride Of The White Star Line chords by The Longest Johns

Chords with lyrics

Key: G+G

Verse:

   G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
In the Belfast yard where she was made of Harland-Wolff design
  C majorC         G+G           C majorC        D MajorD
The plan was struck to build three ships that funds would not define
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The gantry raised up in '08, a nameless liner rose
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To make the journeys to New York in record time and so

Chorus:

     G+G      D MajorD     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
  C majorC         G+G             A minorAm       D MajorD
Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more
    C majorC        G+G
She'll run for decades more

Verse:

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Olympic soon became her stamp, no finer ship did sail
C majorC         G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
Smoking rooms and Turkish baths and palm trees rail to rail
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As sleek and striking as could be, and speed second to none
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She sailed from Portsmouth Dock and showed the world how it was done

Chorus:

     G+G      D MajorD     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
  C majorC         G+G             A minorAm       D MajorD
Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more
    C majorC        G+G
She'll run for decades more

Verse:

  G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
The Hawke was running 'long her side around the Isle of Wight
 C majorC         G+G        C majorC       D MajorD
A augmentedA swing to starboard up and took the helmsman by surprise
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Two holes were punched into her side and water flooded in
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She staggered back to Portsmouth Dock and lived to sail again

Chorus:

     G+G      D MajorD     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
  C majorC         G+G             A minorAm       D MajorD
Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more
    C majorC        G+G
She'll run for decades more

Verse:

G+G       C majorC         D MajorD
Titanic sank into the depths, Britannic joined her too
C majorC         G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Through the wars, Olympic kept on sailing sure and true
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Missions out in open sea with U-boats in her stead
G+G         C majorC        G+G     D MajorD   G+G
Damn near cut them clean in two and sank them to the bed

Chorus:

     G+G      D MajorD     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
  C majorC         G+G             A minorAm       D MajorD
Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more
    C majorC        G+G
She'll run for decades more

Verse:

   G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Now, every dog must have its day and all good things must pass
C majorC           G+G         C majorC         D MajorD
Shipyards forged much bigger crafts that dwarfed her in her class
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The trips were few and fares declined, the world marched on ahead
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They pulled her down in Jarrow town, still striking to 'til end

Chorus:

     G+G      D MajorD     G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
  C majorC         G+G             A minorAm       D MajorD
Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more
    C majorC        G+G
She'll run for decades more