Milow – Herald Of Free Enterprise (Ukulele)

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This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one

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It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm

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It was 1987 and winter nearly gone

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On that Friday running late with rolling off and rolling on

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Trucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side

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Someone had to close the back door

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That day it must have slipped his mind

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He was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall

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While passengers were eating, indulging duty-free-for-all

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire

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Sailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in

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As they passed the Outer Mole the disaster could begin

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A hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port

    Fmaj7                                      C           E
The lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard

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Then nothing but silence, silence and the cold

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Herald and her sisters never fit the mold

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire

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Two months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange

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Pensioned off into the Thirld World where they named her Flushing Range

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But in ’88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt

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Pride and Spirit changed their names

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They were all doomed since they were built

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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Herald of Free Enterprise

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In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire

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This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one

   Fmaj7                       C                  E
It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm

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I was just a boy then, holding daddy’s hands

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Watching on tv how Herald’s time came to an end