Raft of the Medusa
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From Green Blade Rising, written by the Levellers.
Transcribed by Dave Cusick. Added 01-Apr-2020.
Note - fill after C chord on intro (and verses if you like) - run down bass notes B, A and G.
INTRO
F G
D C (fill)
D C
D C (fill)
F G D
VERSE I
D C
The Medusa sailed to Senegal
D C
in eighteen sixteen
D C
First we lost the cabin boy
F G D
Bad omen for us all
D C
We had to swing the lead
D C
There were shallows all around
D C
With a sickening break we took to prayer
F G D
The Medusa's run aground
CHORUS
G F
We're rolling on the raft
G F
We're sailing in the sun
G F
There's 150 on the raft
F G D
We've lost another one
G F
You can't deny we're all at sea
G F
Adrift and alone
G F
How do you look a man in the eye
F G D
When you're spitting out his bones
F G
D C (fill)
D C
D C (fill)
F G D
VERSE II
D C
Vive le Roi we'll sail this raft
D C
Take all the company
D C
Yet 17 remained behind
F G D
To die in agony
D C
We mutinied on the wine and fear
D C
As bad as a knife and teeth
D C
50 died on the raft
F G D
7 around me
CHORUS
G F
We're rolling on the raft
G F
We're sailing in the sun
G F
There's 100 of us on the raft
F G D
We've lost another one
G F
You can't deny we're all at sea
G F
Adrift and alone
G F
How do you look a man in the eye
F G D
When you're spitting out his bones
F G
D C (fill)
D C
D C (fill)
F G D
VERSE III
D C
A wondrous sight so bright and white
D C
A Butterfly sent by God
D C
We follow it down to swallow it down
F G D
I'll haul for us
D C
Pray to the almighty
D C
Or cast yourself in the sea
D C
As a brig, the Argus
F G D
Comes close but doesn't see
CHORUS
G F
We're rolling on the raft
G F
We're sailing in the sun
G F
There's 70 of us on the raft
F G D
We've lost another one
G F
You can't deny we're all at sea
G F
Adrift and alone
G F
How do you look a man in the eye
F G D
When you're spitting out his bones
F G
D C (fill)
D C
D C (fill)
F G D
VERSE IV
D C
And in my arms my own true flesh
D C
Died so quietly
D C
Praise to the butterfly
F G D
Or the almighty
D C
And in my mouth my own true flesh
D C
Tasted sweet to me
D C
Praise to the butterfly
F G D
Or the Argus finally!
CHORUS
G F
We're rolling on the raft
G F
We're sailing in the sun
G F
There's 20 of us on the raft
F G D
We've lost another one
G F
You can't deny we're all at sea
G F
Adrift and alone
G F
How do you look a man in the eye
F G D
When you're spitting out his bones
OUTRO (Repeat to fade)
F G
D C (fill)
D C
D C (fill)
F G D
