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

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_ Fresh out of college with grades straight from hell, I browsed for a [A] trade in which I could [D] excel.
An ad for a ship in need of some manning, men's sales on [A] purpose but lacking [D] 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, jumped on the deck and I L and a [G] crew.
Toystub the [D] thing, batten down the what's it.
What's that thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it.
Turn out a port, [D] now I've got [A] it.
Trust me, I'm [D] in control.
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_ _ _ I can't sing the shanties, it has to be said.
And all of that grog [A] just goes right to my head.
[D] Whale meat is gross and I miss a girl's lap.
Five weeks at sea, [A] even Dave seems to [G] catch.
Toystub the [D] thing, batten down the [A] what's it.
What's that [D] thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it.
Turn out [D] a port, now I've got [A] it.
Trust me, [D] I'm in control. _ _ _
In pit I see waters, no land to be seen.
The food's getting low and the beer has gone green.
[Dm] There's murmurs of [Gm] discontent under the deck.
[F] If I don't act fast, [D] it could be my [A] neck.
[D] So pull up to the charts and those weird gold machines.
I see what it says, [A] but no clue what it means.
[D] Just pull on some levers and yank on some chains.
They ain't a bad back [A] till we've landed [D] _ again.
_ [G] Toystub the [D] thing, batten down the what's [A] it.
What's that [D] thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it.
Turn out [D] a port, now I've got it.
Trust me, I'm in control.
_ [G] Toystub the [D] thing, batten down the what's [A] it.
What's that thing spinning?
[D] Somebody should stop [G] it.
Turn out a port, now I've got [A] it.
Trust me, I'm [D] in control.
_ [G] Toystub the [D] thing, batten down the what's [A] it.
What's that [D] thing spinning?
Somebody should stop [G] it.
Turn out a port, [D] now I've got [A] it.
Trust me, [D] I'm in control.
Oh, [G] I've got [D] that thing, right now, no one's [A] in,
What's that [D] thing spinning?
Time my age has nothing,
[G] Time I'm old, [D] now I've got [A] it,
_ [Bm] I'm in control, _ [G] trust [A] me I'm in [D] control. _ _ _ _
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