Nautical Disaster Chords

by The Tragically Hip
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Em
D
G
C

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Nautical Disaster (Tragically Hip)
 
 
Richard Tarkka posted the chord progression for this song a while ago.  Here
are the lyrics & chords together:
 
Nautical Disaster                             The Tragically Hip
 
[Intro]
Em D G D Em D C D
 
[Verse 1]
           Em             D            G
I had this dream where I relished the fray 
        D                Em          D        C       D
and the screaming filled my head all day.  
          Em              D                  G
It was as though I'd been spit here, settled in, 
         D           Em            D          C
into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket, 
        D                      Em       D
off the coast of France, dear.
         G                   D               Em    D
One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here 
    C            D                   Em       D         G
and five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might 
   D            Em       D       C       D
in your blood.  
 
[Verse 2]
               Em              D                 G
Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten only, 
   D                Em                 D
anything that systematic would get you hated. 
     C                D          Em                D      G     D
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated-(uh).  
              Em                      D          G
The selection was quick, the crew was picked (in order) 
    D                 Em        D              C         D
and those left in the water got kicked off our pantleg 
       Em                   G       C      D
and we headed for home.
 
[Instrumental]
Em     G      C     D
 
[Verse 3]
         Em                  D                      G
Then the dream ends when the phone rings, you doing alright 
             D              Em
he said it's out there most days and nights, 
    D      C              D
but only a fool would complain.  
   Em  D             G               D
Anyway Susan, if you like, our conversation 
      Em         D           C       D
is as faint as a sound in my memory, 
         Em         D              C          D    Em    D   C   D
as those fingernails scratching on my hull.
 
[Outro]
Em    G    C    D  (repeat)
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thebyron
"No Canadian band - no Canadian musician - would be complete without a song about a nautical disaster. This song is called 'Nautical Disaster.'" That was the first I'd ever heard of The Hip. It sure wouldn't be the last because that was enough to know I'd love 'em. R.I.P. Gord.
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Jeffstele
This seems correct with the exception of the last line in the song. The G above the words "my hull" should be a C
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jslomka21
Dieppe, August 19, 1942. 5,000 Canadian soldiers met their fate.
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