| Am | |
| The sailors climb the tree |
| Up the terrible tree |
| G | |
| Where are my shipmates |
| Have they sunk beneath the sea |
| Am | |
| I do not know much, but I know this cannot be |
| G | F | |
| It isn't | really, it isn't | really |
| E | |
| Tell me it isn't | really |
| The sounding bell is diving down the water green |
| Not a trace, not a tooth brush, not a cigarette was seen |
| Bubble ball is rising from a whisper or a scream |
| But I'm not screaming, no I'm not screaming |
| Tell me I'm not screaming |
| Chorus: |
| C | Bb | |
| Captain will not say how | long we must remain |
| C | Am | Dm7 | |
| The phantom ship for | ever sails the | sea |
| E | |
| It's all the same |
| Captain, my dear Captain, we're staying down so long |
| I have been a good man, I've done nobody wrong |
| Have we left are ladies for the lyrics of a song |
| That I'm not singing, no I'm not singing |
| Tell me I'm not singing |
| The schooner ship is sliding across the kitchen sink |
| My son and my daughter, they won't know what to think |
| The crew has turned to voting, and the officers to drink |
| But I'm not drinking, no I'm not drinking |
| Tell me I'm not drinking |
| Chorus: |
| The radio is begging them to come back to the shore |
| All will be forgiven, it will be just like before |
| All you've ever wanted will be waiting by your door |
| We will forgive you, we will forgive you |
| Tell me, we will forgive you |
| But no one gives an answer, not even one good-bye |
| The silence of their sinking is all that they reply |
| Some have chosen to decay, and others chose to die |
| But I'm not dying, no I'm not dying |
| Tell me I'm not dying |
| Chorus: |
| repeat verse chords with La Da Da for lyrics |