{"id":28673,"date":"2026-01-06T23:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28673"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:48:36","slug":"ship-of-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/ship-of-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Ship of Fools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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C#m<\/span> F#<\/span> E<\/span> B<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nB<\/span>             F#<\/span>  E<\/span>  Fm<\/span>                  B<\/span>\r\nWent to see the captain, strangest I could find\r\n B<\/span>      D#<\/span>      E<\/span>     D#m<\/span> C#m<\/span>                 F#<\/span>\r\nLaid my proposition down,      Laid it on the line\r\n                   E<\/span>     B<\/span>   D#m<\/span>                C#m<\/span>\r\nI won't slave for beggars\u2019 pay, likewise gold and jewels\r\nE<\/span>                       B<\/span>               F#<\/span>     E<\/span>         B<\/span>\r\n   But I would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                     F#<\/span>         E<\/span>     B<\/span>\r\n             Ship of fools on a cruel sea\r\n                     F#<\/span>   E<\/span>             G#m<\/span>\r\n             Ship of fools sail away from me\r\n \r\n                   G#m<\/span>\r\n            It was later than I thought\r\n             Fm<\/span>\r\n                   When I first believed you\r\n                  C#m<\/span>               F#<\/span>\r\n            Now I cannot share your laughter\r\n            E<\/span>         B<\/span>\r\n               Ship of fools\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nB<\/span>                    F#<\/span>       E<\/span>  Fm<\/span>                       B<\/span>\r\nSaw your first ship sink and drown     from rocking of the boat\r\nB<\/span>            D#<\/span>        E<\/span>              D#m<\/span> C#m<\/span>                       F#<\/span>\r\nAnd all that could not sink or swim          was just left there to float\r\n                  E<\/span>        B<\/span>    D#m<\/span>                     C#m<\/span>\r\nI won't leave you drifting down,     but whoa it makes me wild\r\nE<\/span>                 B<\/span>             F#<\/span>      E<\/span>         B<\/span>\r\nWith thirty years upon my head to have you call me child\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                     F#<\/span>         E<\/span>     B<\/span>\r\n             Ship of fools on a cruel sea\r\n                     F#<\/span>   E<\/span>              G#m<\/span>\r\n             Ship of fools sail away from me\r\n \r\n                   G#m<\/span>\r\n            It was later than I thought\r\n             Fm\r\n                   When I first believed you\r\n                  C#m               F#\r\n            Now I cannot share your laughter\r\n            E         B\r\n               Ship of fools\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nB                    F#  E  Fm                       B\r\nThe bottle stands as empty,       as they were filled before\r\nB         D#        E    D#m C#m                      F#\r\nTime there was, and plenty,    but from that cup, no more\r\n                   E       B  D#m                   C#m\r\nThough I could not caution all, I still might warn a few\r\nE                      B            F#      E         B\r\nDon't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n                     F#         E     B\r\n             Ship of fools on a cruel sea\r\n                     F#   E              G#m\r\n             Ship of fools sail away from me\r\n \r\n                   G#m\r\n            It was later than I thought\r\n             Fm\r\n                   When I first believed you\r\n                  C#m               F#\r\n            Now I cannot share your laughter\r\n            E         B\r\n               Ship of fools\r\n \r\n                   G#m\r\n            It was later than I thought\r\n             G#m\r\n                   When I first believed you\r\n                      C#m           F#\r\n            Now I cannot share your laughter\r\n            E         B\r\n               Ship of fools\r\n \r\n
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Grateful Dead C#m F# E B [Verse 1] B F# E Fm B Went to see the captain, strangest I could find B D# E D#m C#m F# Laid my proposition down, Laid it on the line E B D#m C#m I won’t slave for beggars\u2019 pay, likewise gold and … CLICK TO VIEW SONGShip of Fools<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28674,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28673\/revisions\/28674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}