Intro
(C#m) Am G# C#m G# E B (G#) C#m
C#m C#m/G#
"Fourteenth of February, eighteen ninety-nine,
The British Ship Veronica was lost without a sign"
C#m
Baa baa black sheep,
G#
you haven't any wool.
C#m
Captain Richardson
G# E
left himself a lonely wife in Hull.
B (G#) C#m G# C#m B E
[End of Flamenco part, strumming begins)
(You can play E7+ instead of C, but I think C sounds fine. You could also play a Cmaj7)
E A F#m
Cherub, I lost a ship in the Baltic sea.
B E
I'm on an iceberg running free.
E A F#m
Sitting, filing this berg to the shape of a ship;
E
sailing my way back to your lips.
F#m
One passing ship gave word that
E
you have moved out of your old flat,
A (Fmaj7) F#m
you love the Vicar more than words can say.
B
Tell him to pray
E B/D# C#m (Am/G) A E/G# F#m B
C#m B A B C#m B A E
C#m B A B (G#)C#m B A E
(add a C note if you so wish)
(Bass comes in here)
E
E A F#m
Treasure, you know the neighbours that live next door,
B E
they haven't got their dog anymore.
E (Cmaj7) A F#m
Freezing, sailing around in the North Atlantic,
E
can't seem to leave the sea anymore.
F#m
I just don't understand
E
why you just moved to Finland.
A (Fmaj7) F#m
You love that Vicar more than words can say.
B
Ask him to pray
E B/D# C#m (Am/G) A E/G# F#m B
C#m B A B C#m B A E
C#m B A B (G#)C#m B A E
(Flamenco Part)
(C#m) Am G# C#m G# E B (G#) C#m G#
C#m G# C#m G# E B
C#m G# C#m G# C#m G#
E B C#m G# A B G# C#m G# C#m
C#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 C#m/G# would just become Am.