The Thresher Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Bm F♯ G F♯ G Em A F♯

BmIn Portsmouth Gtown on the F♯eastern Gshore

EmWhere many a Afine ship was F♯born

BmThe Thresher was Gbuilt

F♯And the Thresher was lBmaunched

EmAnd the crew of the AThresher was F♯sworn

BmShe was shaped like a Gtear

F♯She was built like a Bmshark

EmShe was made to run Afast and F♯free

BmAnd the builders shook their Ghands

F♯And the builders shared their Bmwine

EmAnd thought that they had Amastered the F♯sea

Chorus

BmYes, she'll always run F♯silent

EmAnd she'll always run F♯deep

EmThough the ocean has no Bmpity

AThough the waves will never F♯weep

BmThey'll never weep

And they marveled at her speed

Marveled at her depth

Marveled at her deadly design

And they sailed to every land

And they sailed to every port

Just to see what faults they could find

Then they put her on the land

For nine months to stand

And they worked on her from stem to stern

But they could never see

It was their coffin to be

For the sea was waiting for their return

Yes, she'll always run silent

And she'll always run deep

Though the ocean has no pity

And the waves will never weep

They'll never weep

On a cold Wednesday morn

They put her her out to sea

When the waves they were nine feet high

And they dove beneath the waves

And they dove to their graves

And they never said a last goodbye

And its deeper and deeper

And deeper they dove

Just to see what their ship could stand

But the hull gave a moan

And the hull gave a groan

And they plunged to the deepest darkest sand

Now she lies in the depths

Of the darkened ocean floor

Covered by the waters cold and still

Oh can't you see the wrong

She was a death ship all along

Died before she had a chance to kill

And she'll never run silent

And she'll never run deep

For the ocean had no pity

And the waves they never weep

They never weep