Chords for Hoist Up The Thing, from Cures What Ails Ya by The Longest Johns

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_ _ Fresh out of college, with grades straight from hell, I browsed for a trade [A] in which I could [D] excel.
An ad for a ship in need of some manning, Men's sales on purpose but lacking a captain.
What luck, says I, to find such good [A] fortune!
A few white lies [D] later I ran down the pier,
Bought me a coat and a cutlass or [A] two, Jogged on the deck [D] and I yelled at the [G] crew!
Hoist up the [D] thing, batten down the watsit, What's that thing spinning?
Somebody should stop it!
Turn hard to port, now I've got [A] it, Trust me I'm [D] in control!
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_ _ [D] _ _ I can't sing the shanties, it has to be said, And all of that grog [A] just goes right to my head.
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Whale meat is gross and I miss a girl's laugh, Five weeks at sea, [A] even Dave seems to [G] catch!
Hoist up the [D] thing, batten down the [A] watsit, What's that [D] thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it!
Turn hard [D] to port, now I've got [A] it, Trust me I'm [D] in control! _ _
_ We've hit icy waters, no land to be seen, The food's getting low and the beer has gone [Dm] green.
There's murmurs of [Gm] discontent under the [F] deck, If I don't act [D] fast, it could be my [A] neck!
[D] So pull out the charts and those weird gold machines, I see what it says, [A] but no clue what it [D] means.
Let's pull on some levers and yank on some chains, Pain a bad back [A] till we've landed [D] again!
_ _ [G] Hoist up [D] the thing, batten down the [A] watsit, What's [D] that thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it!
Turn hard to port, [D] now I've got [A] it, Trust me I'm [D] in control!
[G] Hoist up the [D] thing, batten down the watsit, What's that thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it!
Turn hard to port, [D]
now I've got [A] it, Trust me I'm [D] in control!
_ [G] Hoist up the [D] thing, batten down the watsit, [A] What's [D] that thing spinning?
Somebody should [G] stop it!
Turn hard to port, [D] _
now I've got [A] it, Trust me I'm [D] in control!
_ [G] Hoist [D] up the thing, batten down the [A] watsit, What's that thing [D] spinning?
Somebody should [G] stop it!
Turn hard [D] to port, now I've [A] _ _ [Bm] got it, Trust _ [G] _ me [A] I'm in [D] _ control! _ _
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