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[Intro]
Am     G      Dm    Am
riff   C   G
 
[Verse 1]
riff
Well they said there was nothing to worry about
                                   C       G
And they said there was no reason to shout
riff
But I saw the bulkheads cracking
                      C       G
And for us there's no way out
 
riff
When we started on our journey
                       C       G
No one ever could have foreseen
riff
Our desolate and lonely ending
                          C       G
All I've got is helpless feeling
F                               G
But it doesn't take a genius to see
 
[Chorus]
          Am         G          Dm        Am
There's a hooooooooooooooooooooole   in the ship
            C       G         Am
And there's nothing we can do
    C                G          Am
Our worst fears have now come true
   C             G            Am
A few of us are struggling desperately
              C            G        Am
To shoot the albatross of H.M.S. Humanity
C            C/B   Am    G
It's time to bail
                       Am   riff  C  G
but I think it's too late
 
 
[Verse 2]
riff
All my cohorts think I'm crackers
                       C       G
They've embroiled the local matters
riff
And despite obvious warning
                       C       G
They won't heed my futile chatter
 
F                                G
But there's something they outta know
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
          Am         G          Dm        Am
There's a hooooooooooooooooooooole   in the ship
    C       G      Am
The end is oh so near
      C              G         Am
The others show no interest or fear
      C       G             Am
Our nature overwhelms our buoyancy
         C                    G         Am
Yeah nothing could patch the growing vacuity
C            C/B   Am    G
It's time to bail, 
                       Am
but I think it's too late
 
 
 
[Bridge]
Dm             Am                 Dm                             Am                C
Is it possible we have a social disease that makes us close our eyes in dangerous times
G                    Am
But I'm joining in nicely?
Dm            Am                    Dm             Am                 C
Or are we too aware and simply too scared to accept destiny, our mortality 
G        E7
Our mortality, yeah
 
 
 
[Chorus]
          Am        G          Dm        Am
There's a hooooooooooooooooooooole   in the ship
C       G     Am
And there's nothing we can do
C       G     Am
Our worst fears have now come true
C       G     Am
A few of us are struggling desperately
C       G     Am
To shoot the albatross of H.M.S. Humanity
C       G     Am
Our nature overwhelms our buoyancy 
C       G     Am
And nothing could patch the growing vacuity
C            C/B   Am  G
It's time to bail, 
                      Am
but I think it's too late
 C            C/B   Am  G                                   Am    riff  C  G
It's time to bail, (It's time to bail) but I think it's too late