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