The Carter Family – The Titanic (Guitar)

A
The pale moon rose in its glory

      D
She's drifting from golden west

                    A
She told a sad, sad story

    E                   A
Six hundred had gone to rest

A
The watchman was a dreaming

    D
Yes dreaming a sad, sad dream

                           A
He dreamed the Titanic was sinking

    E                A
Out on the deep blue sea

A
He rose and called the rich man

    D
And told him to come to life

                      A
And tried to save his baby

  E              A
Also his darling wife

A
Cap'n Smith must have been drinking

    D
Not knowing that he'd done wrong

                        A
While trying to win the record

   E                  A
He let the Titanic go on

A
The band was out a playing

    D
Yes playing far out on the sea

                           A
They spied the Titanic was sinking

        E                A
Played "Nearer My God to Thee"

A
The sad news reached the city

    D
The Titanic had gone down

                             A
There's many poor widows and orphans

  E                    A
A walking all over the town

A
The little children were crying

     D
Poor mama she's gone to stay

                         A
Oh surely they'll invent something

   E                     A
To raise the Titanic someday