Levellers – Raft Of The Medusa (Guitar)
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Chords
Great song off Static on the Airwaves - I play using bar chords
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
D C
D C
F G D
[Verse 1]:
D C The Medusa sailed to Senegal D C in 1816 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
Repeat intro
[Verse 2]:
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
Repeat intro
[Verse 3]:
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
Repeat intro
[Verse 4]:
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
Repeat intro to fade