Capo 1
AmGEmAm
On the 11th of April nineteenhundred and twelve
AmGEmAm
The queen of the ocean had started her life
CGEmAm
With thirteen hundred passangers she sailed out from Cork
AmGEmAm
Lead by 900 sailors on her way to New York
Chorus:
CGEmAm
Uh-uh-uh riddle of the century
CGEmAm
Uh-uh-uh pride of the White-Star-Line
CGEmAm
Uh-uh-uh ye became a wet reliquary
CGCAm
Uh-uh-uh a victim of the brine
AmGEmAm
On the forteenth of Aprli at eleven fourth pm
AmGEmAm
An outlook guy named freedy fleet the alarmbell he did ring
CGEmAm
Captain Smith gave the order: "half steam ahead!" he cried
AmGEmAm
As the steamer got a narrow shave from a giant in the night
(Chorus)
AmG
The water filled the liner
EmAm
The death-struggle takes 3 hours
AmGEmAm
The operators working hard an emergency he morsed
CGEmAm
"Californian can't you hear me - is your wireless working there?"
AmGEmAm
Wallace hartley and his rag-time-band played a tune called Derry Air
(Chorus)
AmGEmAm
On the fifteenth of April nineteenhundred and twelve
AmGEmAm
The queen of the ocean had ended her life
CGEmAm
Eighteen lifeboats were in store seven hundred for to save
AmGEmAm
But fifteen hundret passangers rest in their icy grave
(Chorus)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.