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[Chorus and Fade:]

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Verse 1

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Went to see the cap__tain___ Strangest__ I could find

Laid my__ prop_o_sition down__

Laid it on the line___ I won't slave for beg-gar's pay__

Like-wise__ gold and jew-els____

but I would slave to learn the way___ to sink your__ ship of fools

Chorus

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Ship of fools_______ on a cru__el sea

Ship of fools_______ sail a-way___ from me

It was lat-er___ that I thought when I first believed you

Now I can-not share your laugh-ter__ ship of fools

[Verse 2 lyrics, same chords as Verse 1:]

Saw your first ship sink and drown from rocking of the boat;

and all that could not sink or swim was just left there to float.

I won't leave you driftin' down but whoa it makes me wild,

with thirty years upon my head, to have you call me child.

[:Chorus same chords and lyrics:]

Verse 3 lyrics, same chords as Verse 1:

The bottles stand as empty as they were filled before;

time there was and plenty but from that cup no more.

Though I could not caution all I still might warn a few;

don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.

[:Chorus to jam or fade:]

Thanks to the Dead, in and out of garden Jerry goes...