Intro
(G#m) Am D# G#m D# B F# (G#) G#m
G#m G#m/D#
"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British Ship Veronica was lost without a sign"
G#m
Baa baa black sheep,
D#
you haven't any wool.
G#m
Captain Richardson
D# B
left himself a lonely wife in Hull.
F# (G#) G#m D# G#m F# B
[End of Flamenco part, strumming begins)
(You can play B7+ instead of C, but I think C sounds fine. You could also play a Cmaj7)
B E C#m
Cherub, I lost a ship in the Baltic sea.
F# B
I'm on an iceberg running free.
B E C#m
Sitting, filing this berg to the shape of a ship;
B
sailing my way back to your lips.
C#m
One passing ship gave word that
B
you have moved out of your old flat,
E (Fmaj7) C#m
you love the Vicar more than words can say.
F#
Tell him to pray
B F#/A# G#m (Am/G) E B/D# C#m F#
G#m F# E F# G#m F# E B
G#m F# E F# (G#)G#m F# E B
(add a G note if you so wish)
(Bass comes in here)
B
B E C#m
Treasure, you know the neighbours that live next door,
F# B
they haven't got their dog anymore.
B (Cmaj7) E C#m
Freezing, sailing around in the North Atlantic,
B
can't seem to leave the sea anymore.
C#m
I just don't understand
B
why you just moved to Finland.
E (Fmaj7) C#m
You love that Vicar more than words can say.
F#
Ask him to pray
B F#/A# G#m (Am/G) E B/D# C#m F#
G#m F# E F# G#m F# E B
G#m F# E F# (G#)G#m F# E B
(Flamenco Part)
(G#m) Am D# G#m D# B F# (G#) G#m D#
G#m D# G#m D# B F#
G#m D# G#m D# G#m D#
B F# G#m D# E F# D# G#m D# G#m
G#m
"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British ship Veronica was lost without a sign"
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If you have trouble playing some chords, just play the simplified version,
so G#m/D# would just become Am.