The Oil Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
"Oh [G]the
engine's gone dead," cried the [F]men who work [C]there
And [Am]she passed up the dock
on the [F]wide [C]Delaware
Then the [G]ship ran aground
and the [F]oil got [C]away
And they [Am]penned that report,
"The Big [F]Spill" on that [C]day
It was [G]hundreds of thousands
of [F]gallons [C]galore
Stretching [Am]thirty- two miles down
the [F]Delaware [C]shore
There were [G]geese in the marshes
[F]out looking for [C]food
They got [Am]stuck where they stood
in the [F]oncoming [C]crude
And it's [G]oil, [C]oil[F]
[C]Ah, drifting to the [G]sea
Oil, [C]oil
Don't [Bm]buy it at the station,
you can [Am]have it now for free
Just come [D]on down to the shoreline
where the [C]wa [Am]ter u[C]sed to b[G]e
In the well- charted waters of the
[F]Nantucket [C]shoals
[Am]There's a ship run aground full of [F]oil,
we were [C]told
In a [G]week's worth of rough winter
[F]weather and [C]waves[Am]
The boat started cracking and
[F]it could not be [C]saved
It was sev[G]en- point- six million
[F]gallons this [C]time[Am]
Consider the danger and
[F]think of the [C]crime
As [G]it poured out a slick
stretching [F]into the [C]tide
[Am]Over hundred- miles and yes,
it came [F]deep, it came [C]wide
And it's [G]oil, [C]oil[F]
Oil [C]pouring in the [G]sea
Oil, [C]oil
Oh, don't [Bm]buy it at the station,
you can [Am]have it now for free
Just come [D]on down to the shoreline
where [C]the water used to [G]be
[D]There's [G]talk of some writing found
[F]in the ship's log[C]
[Am]Saying one of the
[F]helmsmen's unfit for his [C]job
And [G]the ship's gyro compass
was [F]six degrees [C]shy
Their [Am]charts were outdated but they,
[F]they tried to get by[C]
And you know it's [G]oil, [C]oil[F]
Yeah, [C]pouring in [G]the sea
[C]Oil, oil
Don't [Bm]buy it at the station,
you can [Am]have it now for free
Just come [D]on down to the shoreline
where [C]the water used to [G]be
[F]Yeahhh[C][G][F][C][G]
Now both of these ships,
like a [F]great many [C]more
Got [Am]registered in through [F]Liberian [C]doors
In[G]spections are quick and
regula[F]tions are [C]few
[Am]Just sign on the line and go find [F]you a crew,
[C]yes[G]
One of these ships was the
[F]Olympic [C]Games[Am]
The Argo Merchant was the
[F]other one's [C]name
Well it's [G]sad, but it's true,
things got [F]worse for the [C]seas
[Am]'Cause I ain't even ment[F]ioned
[C]Amo[G]co Cadiz
Amoco Cadiz,
between [F]England and [C]France[Am]
The big super tanker out there
[F]taking it's [C]chance
With its [G]one- hundred- thousand black
[F]tons of the [C]slime[Am]
Amoco Cadiz spilled the
[F]most of all [C]time
Yes, ya' know [G]it's oil, [C]oil[F]
Man, it's [C]creepin' in the [G]sea
Oil, [C]oil
Oh, don't [Bm]buy it at the station,
you can [Am]have it now for free
Just come [D]on down to the shoreline
where the [C]water [Am]used[C] to be[Am][G]
Now down in the Gulf east of
[F]Mexico [C]Way[Am]
There's something gone wrong,
so the pa[F]pers all [C]say[G]
A Mexican oil well is [F]leaking
it's [C]goo[Am]
They say it's the worse that
things have [F]ever come [C]to
Yes [G]it's gallons of sludge,
sixty- [F]million and [C]more[Am]
It's cruising and oozing
towards [F]many a [C]shore
Yes, [G]things have got bad but
they will [F]probably get [C]worse
If you [Am]can 't drink the oil, oh, you might,
[F]you might die of thi[C]rst
Because it's [G]oil, it's [C]oil[F]
And it's [C]creeping in the [G]sea
Oil, [C]oil
Don't [Bm]buy it at the station,
you can [Am]have it now for free
Just come [D]on down to the shoreline where the
[C]water used to be

[Outro 1]
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