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)