The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns
Capo I
Finger pick the verses, strum choru
A
Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tre
Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea
A
I do not know much, but I know this cannot b
G
It isn't really, it isn't really
Tell me it isn't really
Sounding bell is diving down the water gree
Not a trace, not a toothbrush, not a cigarette was see
Bubble ball is rising from a whisper or a screa
But I'm not screaming, no I'm not screaming
Tell me I'm not screaming
CB
Captain will not say how long we must remai
CAmDm
The phantom ship forever sail the se
It's all the same
Captain my dear Captain we're staying down so lon
I have been a good man, I've done nobody wron
Have we left our ladies for the lyrics of a song
That I'm not singing, I'm not singin
Tell me I'm not singin
The schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sin
My son and my daughter they won't know what to thin
The crew has turned to voting and the officers to drin
But I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinkin
Tell me I'm not drinkin
Captain will not say how long we must remai
The phantom ship forever sail the se
It's all the same
The radio is begging them to come back to the shor
All will be forgiven, it'll be just like befor
All you've ever wanted will be waiting by your doo
We will forgive you, we will forgive yo
Tell me we will forgive yo
But no one gives an answer not even one goodby
Oh, the silence of their sinking is all that they repl
Some have chosen to decay and other chose to di
But I'm not dying, no I'm not dyin
Tell me I'm not dyin
Captain will not say how long we must remai
The phantom ship forever sail the se
It's all the same.
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