Raft Of The Medusa chords by Levellers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

"Raft Of The Medusa"

Great song off Static on the Airwaves - I play using bar chords

Note - fill after C chord on intro (and verses if you like) - run down bass notes B, A and G

Intro::
F G
D  C
D  C
D  C
F G D

Verse 1::
   D       C
The Medusa sailed to Senegal
  D C
in 1816
D         C
First we lost the cabin boy
  F  G   D
Bad omen for us all
  D        C
We had to swing the lead
      D       C
There were shallows all around
    D         C
With a sickening break we took to prayer
   F   G  D
The Medusa’s run aground

Chorus::
   G       F
We’re rolling on the raft
   G       F
We're sailing in the sun
    G  F
There's 150 on the raft
   F   G   D
We've lost another one
  G        F
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G     F
Adrift and alone
G           F
How do you look a man in the eye
      F    G    D
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 2::
D         C
Vive le Roi we’ll sail this raft
   D      C
Take all the company
  D  C
Yet 17 remained behind
  F   G D
To die in agony
  D        C
We mutinied on the wine and fear
  D         C
As bad as a knife and teeth
D    C
50 died on the raft
F G   D
7 around me

Chorus::
   G       F
We’re rolling on the raft
   G       F
We're sailing in the sun
    G     F
There's 100 of us on the raft
   F   G   D
We've lost another one
  G        F
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G     F
Adrift and alone
G           F
How do you look a man in the eye
      F    G    D
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 3::
 D         C
A wondrous sight so bright and white
 D         C
A Butterfly sent by God
  D         C
We follow it down to swallow it down
   F  G  D
I’ll haul for us
D       C
Pray to the almighty
  D          C
Or cast yourself in the sea
   D     C
As a brig, the Argus
   F     G    D
Comes close but doesn’t see

Chorus::
   G       F
We’re rolling on the raft
   G       F
We're sailing in the sun
    G    F
There's 70 of us on the raft
   F   G   D
We've lost another one
  G        F
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G     F
Adrift and alone
G           F
How do you look a man in the eye
      F    G    D
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro

Verse 4::
  D       C
And in my arms my own true flesh
D      C
Died so quietly
D       C
Praise to the butterfly
    F G  D
Or the almighty
  D            C
And in my mouth my own true flesh
D        C
Tasted sweet to me
D       C
Praise to the butterfly
    F   G  D
Or the Argus finally!

Chorus::
   G       F
We’re rolling on the raft
   G       F
We're sailing in the sun
    G    F
There's 20 of us on the raft
   F   G   D
We've lost another one
  G        F
You can't deny we're all at sea
 G     F
Adrift and alone
G           F
How do you look a man in the eye
      F    G    D
When you're spitting out his bones

Repeat intro to fade