Ship Of Fools Chords
by Bob Seger
Ship Of Fools by Bob Seger is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, F, Cm, Eb and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: Bb
Bb F
Tell me, quick, said Old McFee..what's this all have
Cm Eb Bb
to do with me?..I've spent all my time at sea, a loner.
Bb F
Is there something else I should know?..something hidden
Cm Eb Bb
down below, the level of your conversation?
Gm Cm F
Well, he turned away before the answer..
Gm Cm F
though I yelled aloud, he refused to hear.
Bb Eb Bb
It became too clear..
Bb F
So, it went as we put out..I was left in constant doubt..
Cm Eb Bb
everything I asked about seemed private.
Bb F
The captain strolled the bridge one night..I stopped him
Cm Eb
in the evening light..to ask him would it be all right to
Bb
join him.
Gm Cm F
But he stood there like some idol..
Gm Cm F
and he listened like some temple..
Bb Eb Bb
and then he turned away.
Bb F
All along the fateful coast..we moved silent, like a ghost.
Cm Eb Bb
The timeless sea of tireless host possessed us.
Bb
The wind came building from the cold northwest..
F Cm Eb
and soon the waves began to crest, crashing cross the forward
Bb
deck..all hands lost.
Gm Cm F
I alone, survived the sinking..
Gm Cm F
I alone, possessed the tools, on
Bb Eb Bb
that ship of fools.
OUTRO:
Bb Eb Bb Bb Eb Bb
Ship of fools......on that ship of fools..
Bb Eb Bb
that ship of fools..