Intro
(D#m) Am A# D#m A# F# C# (G#) D#m
D#m D#m/A#
"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British Ship Veronica was lost without a sign"
D#m
Baa baa black sheep,
A#
you haven't any wool.
D#m
Captain Richardson
A# F#
left himself a lonely wife in Hull.
C# (G#) D#m A# D#m C# F#
[End of Flamenco part, strumming begins)
(You can play F#7+ instead of C, but I think C sounds fine. You could also play a Cmaj7)
F# B G#m
Cherub, I lost a ship in the Baltic sea.
C# F#
I'm on an iceberg running free.
F# B G#m
Sitting, filing this berg to the shape of a ship;
F#
sailing my way back to your lips.
G#m
One passing ship gave word that
F#
you have moved out of your old flat,
B (Fmaj7) G#m
you love the Vicar more than words can say.
C#
Tell him to pray
F# C#/F D#m (Am/G) B F#/A# G#m C#
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B F#
D#m C# B C# (G#)D#m C# B F#
(add a D note if you so wish)
(Bass comes in here)
F#
F# B G#m
Treasure, you know the neighbours that live next door,
C# F#
they haven't got their dog anymore.
F# (Cmaj7) B G#m
Freezing, sailing around in the North Atlantic,
F#
can't seem to leave the sea anymore.
G#m
I just don't understand
F#
why you just moved to Finland.
B (Fmaj7) G#m
You love that Vicar more than words can say.
C#
Ask him to pray
F# C#/F D#m (Am/G) B F#/A# G#m C#
D#m C# B C# D#m C# B F#
D#m C# B C# (G#)D#m C# B F#
(Flamenco Part)
(D#m) Am A# D#m A# F# C# (G#) D#m A#
D#m A# D#m A# F# C#
D#m A# D#m A# D#m A#
F# C# D#m A# B C# A# D#m A# D#m
D#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 D#m/A# would just become Am.