Tempest Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][D][G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
The [G]pale
moon rose in it's glory
[C]Out on the Western town
She told a sad, sad [G]story
Of the [D]great ship that went [G]down

[Verse 2]
T'was the [G]fourteenth day of April
[C]Over the waves she rode
Sailing into to[G]morrow
To a [D]golden age fore[G]told

[Verse 3]
[G]The night was black with starlight
[C]The seas were sharp and clear
Moving through [G]the shadows
[D]The promised hour was [G]near

[Verse 4]
[G]Lights were holding steady
[C]Gliding over the foam
All the lords [G]and ladies
Head[D]ing for their eternal
[G]home

[Verse 5]
[G]The chandeliers were swaying
From the [C]balustrades above
The orchestra was [G]playing
[D]Songs of faded [G]love

[Verse 6]
The [G]watchman, he lay dreaming
As the [C]ballroom dancers twirled
He dreamed the Titanic [G]was sinking
[D]Into the underworld

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
[G]Leo took his sketchbook
He was [C]often so inclined
He closed his eyes and [G]painted
[D]The scenery in his [G]mind

[Verse 8]
[G]Cupid struck his bosom
And [C]broke it with a snap
The closest woman [G]to him
He [D]fell into her [G]lap

[Verse 9]
He [G]heard a loud commotion
[C]Something sounded wrong
His inner spirit was say[G]ing
That he [D]couldn't stand
here [G]long

[Verse 10]
[G]He staggered to the quarterdeck
No [C]time now to sleep
Water on the quarter[G]deck
[D]Already three foot [G]deep

[Verse 11]
[G]Smokestack was leaning sideways
Heavy [C]feet began to pound
He walked into [G]the whirlwind
[D]Sky splitting all [G]around

[Verse 12]
[G]The ship was going under
The [C]universe had opened wide
The roll was called up [G]yonder
The [D]angels turned [G]aside

[Verse 13]
[G]Lights down in the hallway
[C]Flickering dim and dull
Dead bodies already float[G]ing
In the [D]double bottom [G]hull

[Verse 14]
The [G]engines then exploded
Pro[C]pellers they failed to start
The boilers overloaded
[G]The[D] ship's bow split apa[G]rt

[Verse 15]
[G]Passengers were flying
Back[C]ward, forward,
far and fast
They mumbled, fumbled, and [G]tumbled
Each one [D]more weary than [G]the last

[Verse 16]
[G]The veil was torn asunder
'Tween the [C]hours of twelve and one
No change, no sudden [G]wonder
Could un[D]do what had been [G]done

[Verse 17]
The [G]watchman lay there dreaming
[C]At fourty five degrees
He dreamed that the
Titanic [G]was sinking
[D]Dropping to her [G]knees

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 18]
[G]Wellington he was sleeping
His [C]bed began to slide
His valiant heart was [G]beating
He pushed [D]the tables [G]aside

[Verse 19]
[G]Glass of shattered crystal
[C]Lay scattered roundabout
He strapped on both his pis[G]tols
[D]How long could he hold [G]out?

[Verse 20]
His [G]men and his companions
Were [C]nowhere to be seen
In silence there he [G]waited for
Time [D]and space to interve
[G]ne

[Verse 21]
[G]The passageway was narrow
There [C]was blackness in the air
He saw every kind of sor[G]row
Heard [D]voices everywhere

[Verse 22]
[G]Alarm-bells were were ringing
To hold [C]back the swelling tide
Friends and lovers [G]clinging
To each [D]other side by [G]side

[Verse 23]
[G]Mothers and their daughters
Des[C]cending down the stairs
Jumped into the icy wa[G]ters
Love and [D]pity sent their [G]prayers

[Verse 24]
The [G]rich man, Mister Astor
[C]Kissed his darling wife
He had no way of [G]knowing
It'd be [D]the last trip of his [G]life

[Verse 25]
[G]Calvin, Blake and Wilson
[C]Gambled in the dark
Not one of them would ever live [G]to
Tell [D]the tale on the disem[G]bark

[Verse 26]
[G]Brother rose up 'gainst brother
In [C]every circumstance
They fought and slaughtered each [G]other
[D]In a deadly [G]dance

[Verse 27]
[G]They lowered down the lifeboats
[C]From the sinking wreck
There were traitors,
there [G]were turncoats
Broken [D]backs and broken [G]necks

[Verse 28]
[G]The bishop left his cabin
To [C]help others in need
Turned his eyes up to [G]the heavens
Said, "The [D]poor are yours [G]to feed"

[Verse 29]
[G]Davey the brothel-keeper
Came Came [C]out dismissed his girls
Saw the water getting deep[G]er
Saw the [D]changing of his world
[G]

[Verse 30]
Jim Dandy smiled
[C]He never learned to swim
Saw the little crippled [G]child
And he [D]gave his seat to [G]him

[Verse 31]
[G]He saw the starlight shining
[C]Streaming from the East
Death was on the ram[G]page
But his [D]heart was now at [G]peace

[Verse 32]
[G]They battened down the hatches
But the [C]hatches wouldn't hold
They drowned upon [G]the staircase
Of [D]brass and polished [G]gold

[Verse 33]
[G]Leo said to Cleo
[C]I think I'm going mad
But he'd lost his mind [G]already
[D]Whatever mind he [G]had

[Verse 34]
[G]He tried to block the doorway
To [C]save all those from harm
Blood from an [G]open wound
[D]Pouring down his [G]arm

[Verse 35]
[G]Petals fell from flowers
'Til [C]all of them were gone
In the long and dreadful [G]hours
The [D]wizard's curse played [G]on

[Verse 36]
The [G]host was pouring brandy
He was [C]going down slow
He stayed right to the [G]end and he
[D]Was the last to [G]go

[Verse 37]
There were [G]many, many others
Nameless [C]here forever more
They never sailed the [G]ocean
[D]Or left their homes be[G]fore

[Verse 38]
The [G]watchman, he lay dreaming
[C]The damage had been done
He dreamed the Titanic [D]was sinking
[G]And he tri[D]ed to tell someone
[G]

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 39]
[G]The captain, [D]barely [G]bre[D]athing[G]
[C]Kneeling at the wheel
Above him and [D]beneath [G]him
Fifty [D]thousand tons [G]of steel

[Verse 40]
He looked [G]over at his compass
And he [C]gazed into its face
Needle pointing downward
[G]He kne[D]w he lost the rac[G]e

[Verse 41]
In the [G]dark illumination
He re[C]membered bygone years
He read the Book of Revela[D]tion
[G]And he fil[D]led his cup with tea[G]rs

[Verse 42]
When the [G]Reaper's task had ended
Sixteen [C]hundred had gone to rest
The good, the bad, the [G]rich,
the poor
[D]The loveliest and the be[G]st

[Verse 43]
They [G]waited at the landing
And [C]they tried to understand
But there is no understand[G]ing
On the [D]judgement of God's [G]hand

[Verse 44]
[G]The news came over the wires
[C]And struck with deadly force
Love had lost its [G]fires
All [D]things had run their [G]course

[Verse 45]
The [G]watchman he lay dreaming
Of all the [C]things that can be
He dreamed the Titanic was sink[G]ing
In[D]to the deep blue sea

[Outro 1]
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