C   G    C    F   (2x)

[VERSE 1]
C             F
Sometime in October,
   G           F         C
We sailed from England's shore
        G        C    G      C
When we sailed into a raging storm
          F           G      C
Like I've never, ever seen before
    F                          G
And all of the crew, they were brave men
        C               C7  F
But the captain, he was braver
          G     C        G        C
He said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,
                            F
There's none of us here can save her”


[CHORUS]
            C      C  G  F
“Let her go down
              C      C  G  F
Swim for your lives
              C
Swim for your children
Dm            G
Swim for your wives
               C       C  G  F
But let her go down
           C         C  G  F
Let her go down”


[VERSE 2]
C                F
Lost in the open ocean
           G           F        C
There were some of the crew and me
       G       C           G       C
As the captain steered our wounded ship
       F            G     C
To the bottom of an angry sea
             F                   G
And with his dying breath we all heard him say,
          C            C7  F
"It's the fortune of a sailor"
              G     C        G        C
And he said, "Never mind the ship, me boys,
                            F
There's none of us here can save her”


[CHORUS]
            C      C  G  F
“Let her go down
              C      C  G  F
Swim for your lives
              C
Swim for your children
Dm            G
Swim for your wives
               C       C  G  F
But let her go down
           C        C  G  D
Let her go down”


                   * Key change - Up 2 semitones *


[VERSE 3]
D                  G
He wondered if his shipmates
     A             G             D
Were ready just to pray and give in
      A            D         A      D
So he called their names out one by one
              G            A         D
But there was no one else around but him
           G                    A
He saw the ship go down in the fading light
       D                  D7    G
And he knew he could have saved her
              A       D              A       D
He said, "The captain lied, when the captain cried",
                             G
'There's none of us here can save her";


[CHORUS]
            D      D  A  G
“Let her go down
              D      D  A  G
Swim for your lives
              D
Swim for your children
Em            A
Swim for your wives
               D       D  A  G
But let her go down
           D        D  A  G
Let her go down
           D        D  A  G
Let her go down
           D
Let her go down”