AAmaj7A7B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
Dm/FE
Of dangers up ahead
AEmD
The captain won't be listening
E
To what's been said
[Verse 2]
AAmaj7A7B7/F#
He feels that there's a good chance
Dm/FE
That we have been misled
AEmD
And so the captain's planning
E
To steam ahead
[Bridge 1]
AmG
What can we do, what can we do
F/AE
What can we do to stop this foolish plan going through?
AmG/A
What can we do, what can we do? (Yeah, yeah)
F/AE
This man is bound to lose his ship and his crew
CD
Oh, oh
[Verse 3]
AAmaj7A7B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
Dm/FE
From those who ought to know
AEmD
Well, he's got his own agenda
E
And so he'll go
[Bridge 2]
Am
(What can we do?)
G/A
Those who shout the loudest (What can we do?)
F/A
May not always be the smartest (What can we do?)
E
But they have their proudest moments
Right before they fall
Am
(What can we do?)
G/A
Red sky in the morning (What can we do?)
F/A
Doesn't ever seem to faze him (What can we do?)
E
But a sailor's warning signal
CD
Should concern us all, oh, oh
Part II
Gm7
[Chorus]
GmEm/G
How can we stop him?
Cm/GGm
Grab the keys and lock him up
GmEm/G
If we can do it
Cm/GGm
We can save the day
[Verse 1]
C9
The engineer lives with his wife and daughter, Janet
Em7
But he misses them so
C9
Although he's working with the best crew on the planet (Best crew on the planet!)
Em7
They never want him to go
C9
He had a premonition, he senses something's wrong
Em7
And by his own admission, he knew it all along
C9
The captain's crazy, but he doesn't let them know it
Em
He'll take us with him if we don't do something soon to slow it!
CGmCGm
[Chorus]
GmEm/G
How can we stop him?
Cm/GGm
Grab the keys and lock him up
GmEm/G
If we can do it
Cm/GGm
We can save the day
Gm7DmCGAmDmCGAmDm
[Bridge]
E
Below decks, the engineer cries
F#/E
The captain's gonna leave us when the temperatures rise
Em7
The needle's going up, the engine's gonna blow
A/EEm
And we are gonna be left down below
A/EEm
Down below
Part III
EmGBmEmGBmDGmAmGm/BbC5Gm/DGmAmGm/BbC5Gm/D
[Chorus]
CGm
Yes we can do it
CGm
Yeah, we can do it now
CGm
Yes we can do it
CCCGmF/ABbC5Gm/DF/EbGm/BbGmAmGm/BbC5Gm/D
[Chorus]
CGm
Yes, we can do it
CGm
Yeah, we can do it now
CGm
Yes, we can do it
CGm
Yeah, we can do it now
CGm
Yes, we can do it
CGm
Yeah, we can do it now
CGm
Oh yeah
CGm
[Verse]
Eb
If life would work out the way you plan it
Dm
Well that would be so fine for the wife and Janet
Eb
Sometimes you might have to battle through it
Dm
And that's the way you learn how you've got to do it
[Bridge]
DmCGm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh
AmDm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
CGm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
AmDm
Yes, we can do it, whoa-oh-whoa
CD
Part I reprise
[Verse 1]
AAmaj7A7B7/F#
Despite repeated warnings
Dm/FE
Of dangers up ahead
AEm/GD
Well, the captain wasn't listening
E
To what was said
[Outro]
Am
So we went to the captain (What can we do? / For those who shout the loudest)
G/A
And we told him to turn around (What can we do? / May not always be the smartest)
F/A
But he laughs in our faces (What can we do? / But they have their proudest moments)
E
Says that we are mistaken (Right before they fall)
Am
So we gather around him (What can we do? / Red sky in the morning)
G/A
Now the ropes that have bound him (What can we do? / Doesn't ever seem to faze him)
F/A
Prove that he should have listened (What can we do? / But a sailor's warning signal) (Should concern us all)
E
To the will of the people
C
It's the will of the people
D
It's the will of the people