Good Ship Venus chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Intro:
G C G D G


Verse 1:
G
 On the good ship Venus
  G
By Christ, you should have seen us
  C        G
The figurehead was a whore in bed
  G   D     G
Sucking a dead man's penis


Verse 2:
  G
The captain's name was Lugger
  G
By Christ, he was a bugger
  C       G
He wasn't fit to shovel shit
   G    D  G
From one ship to another

Instrumental:
F C G
F C G


Verse 3:
(faster)
    G
And the second mate was Andy
  G
By Christ, he had a dandy
     C           G
Till they crushed his cock on a jagged rock
  G    D   G
For cumming in the brandy


Verse 4:
  G
The third mate's name was Morgan
  G
By God, he was a gorgon
   C         G
From half past eight he played till late
 G    D     G
Upon the captain's organ


Instrumental:
G C G D G


Verse 5:
  G
The captain's wife was Mabel
  G
And by God, was she able
  C          G
To give the crew their daily screw
 G    D   G
Upon the galley table


Verse 6:
  G
The captain's daughter Charlotte
  G
Was born and bred a harlot
  C          G
Her thighs at night were lily white
  G    D     G
By morning they were scarlet


Instrumental:
F C G
F C G


Verse 7:
(original tempo)
  G
The cabin boy was Kipper
  G
By Christ, he was a nipper
  C          G
He stuffed his ass with broken glass
  G   D     G
And circumcised the skipper


Verse 8:
  G
The captain's lovely daughter
   G
Liked swimming in the water
 C          G
Delighted squeals came when some eels
G     D   G
Found her sexual quarters


Instrumental:
(faster)
G C G D G


Verse 9:
  G
The cook, his name was Freeman
    G
And he was a dirty demon
    C        G
And he fed the crew on menstrual stew
  G   D    G
And hymens fried in semen


Verse 10:
    G
And the ship's dog was called Rover
    G
And we turned the poor thing over
  C           G
And ground and ground that faithful hound
   G   D    G
From  Teneriff to Dover


Instrumental:
F C G
F C G


Verse 11:
(original tempo)
G
When we reached our station
    G
Through skillful navigation
  C         G
The ship got sunk in a wave of spunk
   G    D  G
From too much fornication


Verse 12:
G
On the good ship Venus
  G
By Christ, you should have seen us
  C        G
The figurehead was a whore in bed
  G   D     G
Sucking a dead man's penis


Outro:
(faster)