Death Ship Chords
by Hoodoo Gurus
Death Ship by Hoodoo Gurus is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
{intro}
Em C D A G Em C D A G
G |-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|
D |----4h-5--7~-|-5--4-----|----4~-----|----4h-5--7~-|-5--4-----|----4----|
A |-7~----------|-------7~-|-5-----7---|-7~----------|-------7~-|-5-----7-|
E |-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|
Em C D A G
I am the captain of a ghostly crew,
Em C D A G
Sail the seven seas with nothing to do.
Em C D A G
The girl that I thought was untrue
Em C D A G
Really loved me. Boo, hoo, hoo.
{fill}
Em G A G Em G A
G -------0--2--0-|-2--2--0--2--0--|-------0--2--0-|-2~--
D -2--2----------|----------------|-2--2----------|-----
A ---------------|----------------|---------------|-----
E ---------------|----------------|---------------|-----
Near hidden reefs we appear in the gloom
Luring mariners to their doom.
As we're condemned, we condemn others too.
Who would love me? Who? Would You?
I'm asking you.
{fill}
C D
I'm on the Death Ship,
G A
I sail the seas alone.
C D G A
Death Ship - I can call no port home.
Lost souls cry to Hell in the wind
Let us in, Let us in!
{instrumental}
Em C D A G Em C D A G
G |-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|
D |----4h-5--7~-|-5--4-----|----4~-----|----4h-5--7~-|-5--4-----|----4----|
A |-7~----------|-------7~-|-5-----7---|-7~----------|-------7~-|-5-----7-|
E |-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|
Em C D A G Em C D A G
B |------------------------------|------------5~----|
G |---------------------/5--4----|-4~--7~--4~-------|
D |-5--4------4----5--4----------|------------------|
A |------7--7---7----------------|------------------|
E |------------------------------|------------------|
Em C D A G
G |-4----------------------------------|
D |---7--5--7--5-----------------------|
A |--------------4--5--4--2h-4--4--2~--|
E |------------------------------------|
I'm on the Death Ship,
I sail the seas alone.
Death Ship - I can call no port home.
Lost souls cry to Hell in the wind
Let us in, Let us in, Let us in!
{Fill}
I need somebody who will die for me
To free me of this misery.
I need someone who will cry for me
Really Love me. Really. (five times to fill)
Copyright EMI Music Publishing; reprinted with kind permission.
Transcribed by Brad Launikonis and Leon Troeth
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