Good Ship Venus chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

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


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


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

Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC G+G


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


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

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G


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


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


Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC G+G


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


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


Instrumental:
(faster)
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G


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


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


Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC G+G


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


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


Outro:
(faster)