The Longest Johns – Mutiny (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Chords transcribed by ear from the recording, with a
little help from watching the 20,000 Streams Under
The Sea video on YouTube.
Lyrics from The Longest Song Wiki:
https://thelongestsong.fandom.com/wiki/Mutiny
Throughout the song there is a lilting strumming
pattern, and frequently a few bass notes are used
to transition between chords. Worth listening to
the recording to get the hang of it.
Capo on the fifth fret.
[Intro]
E
(let ring)[Verse 1]
Am F Am F We're contracted here in a rickety vessel, Am E Am G on an ocean so endlessly vast. C G C G Swore in the mess to state our dissention, Am F E and swiftly got tied to the mast. Am F Am F For the captain's a tyrant, and has not a care Am E Am G for anything under the sun, C G C G So untie me mates, we'll send him to hell, Am F E and plunder us 500 tonnes.
[Chorus]
C G Oh, mutiny! Mutiny! Lead on my friends, C Mutiny! Mutiny! Don't look so tense. Am G C F There's gold to be taken, we'll bathe in it when Am G C We mutiny, mutiny! Get to it then.
[Verse 2]
Am F Am F A new dawn has risen, and with it our spirits; Am E Am G the chains have been cut from our feet. C G C G So pass out the grog, find my cup and fill it, Am F E and toast to our new liberty. Am F Am F All now together, we'll construct a plan Am E Am G to reap all we want from the sea, C G C G But someone must guide, with safe, steady hands Am F E and maybe that someone is... me.
[Chorus]
C G Mutiny! Mutiny! Don't think so small, C Mutiny! Mutiny! Answer the call. Am G C F In brotherhood, sisterhood, for the long haul Am G F It's mutiny, mutiny! Good sailors all.
G C
[Verse 3]
Am F Am F Everything's perfect, just as I planned, Am E Am G and great things are coming, but still... C G C G A creeping sensation I feel in my bones, Am F E that somebody wishes us ill. (Is it that guy?) Am F Am F Don't trust the mate, the cook, or the bosun; Am E Am G they dream to bend you to their will. C G C G Objectors must go, I cannot allow them Am F E to disrupt this Eden we've built. (I see you over there behind the barrel!)
[Chorus]
C G Oh, mutiny! Mutiny! Turncoats are near. C Mutiny! Mutiny! Nobody here Am G C F Can stomach a leader with vision so clear, Am G C It's mutiny, mutiny, just as I feared!
[Verse 4]
Am I'm contracted here, on a rickety vessel, E Am in irons in the galley below. C The burden I shouldered so graciously, was Am E removed, and so quickly bestowed Am F Am F On a firebrand and knave with grandiose ideas, Am E Am G so different to those of my own. C G C G We'll see if it lasts, methinks I can hear the crew Am F E already starting to moan. (Oh, here we go again...)
[Chorus]
C G Mutiny! Mutiny! Chaos in spades, C Mutiny! Mutiny! Every few days. Am G C F A curse on the tyrant and all of his ways, Am E7 But mutiny, mutiny, led us astray, Am E7 Mutiny, mutiny, spreads like the plague. Am G C Mutiny! Mutiny! Join the melee.