Chord The Thresher by Phil Ochs

fingerpickin’ intro - Bm F# G F# G Em A F# Bm G F# G in portsmouth town on the eastern shore Em A F# where many a fine ship was born Bm G the thresher was built F# Bm and the thresher was launched Em A F# and the crew of the thresher was sworn Bm G she was shaped like a tear F# Bm she was built like a shark Em A F# she was made to run fast and free Bm G and the builders shook their hands F# Bm and the builders shared their wine Em A F# and thought that they had mastered the sea chorus Bm F# yes , she’ll always run silent Em F# and she’ll always run deep Em Bm though the ocean has no pity A F# though the waves will never weep Bm they’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