Stan Rogers – The Wreck Of The Athens Queen chords

[Verse 1]
CWe were drinking down to Reedy's house
CWhen first we heard the blow
CIt seemed to come from Ripper Rock
CSo boldly forth to go


[Verse 2]
F                       CAnd sure enough the rusty tub
CCould just be barely seen
CAs her stern was high up in the air


[Refrain]
                        AmWe made out Athens Queen
CO, the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 3]
C               G         CMe boys I must remind you
G                           CThere's a bottle left inside
Am                       DmSo let us go and have a few
                       FAnd wait until low tide


[Verse 4]
CAnd if the sea's not claimed her
CWhen the glasses are licked clean
CWe will then set forth some dories lads
                          AmAnd see what may be seen


[Refrain]
COn the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 5]
CSome songs and old tall stories then
CCame out to pass the time
EmNor could a single bottle
Dm                            FKeep us all until low tide
CAnd so it was before we left
CThe house we were at sea
CSo we scarcely can remember


[Refrain]
                   AmHow we made the Athens Queen
CO, the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 5]
C                    G          CO the waves inside me belly
CWere as high as those outside
CAnd though I'm never seasick I
Clost dinner overside
Dm                     F          CT'was well there was no crew to save
CFor we'd have scared 'em green
F                      C          AmWe could scarcely keep ourselves
                                CFrom falling off the Athens Queen


[Refrain]
CO, the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 6]
CWell Reedy goes straight down below
CAnd comes up with a cow
CHello I said now what would you
CBe wantin' with that now
F                            CYou'll never take the cow home
CIn a dory on such sea
CWell me friend he says I've always fancied
Am                      CFresh cream in me tea


[Refrain]
CFor the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 7]
CI headed for the galley then
CCause I was rather dry
                                AAnd glad I was to get there quick
                              DmFor what should I spy
F                               CO what a shame it would have been
CFor to lose it all at sea      Am
CForty cases of the best Napolean
CBrandy ever seen


[Refrain]
COn the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 8]
CI loaded twenty cases boys
CThen headed for the shore
AmUnloaded them as quick as that
                            DmAnd then pulled back for more
F                             CSmith was pullin' for the shore
CBut he could scarce be seen
CUnder near two hundred chickens
A                          CAnd a leather couch of green


[Refrain]
CFrom the lovely Athens Queen


[Verse 9]
CSo here's to all good salvagers
CLikewise to Ripper Rock
CAnd to Napolean brandy of which


[Verse 9]
                                  DmNow we have much stock
F                            CWe eat a lot of chicken
CAnd sit on a couch of green
CAnd we wait for Ripper Rock
                                   AmTo claim another Athens Queen


[Refrain]
CO, the lovely Athens Queen