Bilgewater

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Am

[Verse 1]
Dm
  It don't matter if the cold wind blows
                              Am
I'm gonna wind up and working in the thick of it
Dm
  Sunshine through the rain and snow
           Am                             A/C#         Dm
There's an oily brine bilge water baptism waiting below

[Verse 2]
Am/D           Dm
    That's just  the waves slamming against the topsides'
sound
                                  Am
Don't let the ever rolling motion go and get you down
Dm
  Don't let it shake your steady thread cutting hand
              Am
Keep stealing ribbons from the steel and giving hell
         A/C#
To every halyard you..

[Chorus]
   Dm
In spite of all wherewithal
To fight it all I will face it all
   Am/D
In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I'll embrace it all

[Bridge]
Dm                                                  Fsus2 G
  When everyday's like a war between the will to go on
And a wish that the world would spiral into the sun
Dm                          Fsus2               G
  Turn your head toward the storm that's surely coming
     Am C A/C#
along

[Chorus]
          Dm
If the sun  was always shining and our load always light
            G
We'd be shaking like a leaf with every God given night
              A
And we'd break under the weight of any pressure
                     Dm Am
That was ever applied

[Verse 3]
Dm
  Will you be ready when the straw boss calls?
                                Am
He's got an ever loving bone to pick with one and all
Dm
  Don't let his condescension get you down
              Am
Just have the strength to know you're wrong
                                      A/C#
And when you're right the strength to stand your.
.

[Chorus]
   Dm
In spite of all wherewithal
To fight it all I will face it all
   Am/D
In spite of all the wherewithal
To fight it all I'll embrace it all
Dm
  When everyday is like a war
You find no strength from your usual source
Am/D
    There's no peace, there's no rest
Your fortitude is feeling put to the test

[Bridge]
Dm                                                  Fsus2 G
  When everyday's like a war between the will to go on
                                               Dm
And a wish that the world would spiral into the  sun
                          Fsus2               G           Am C A/C#
Turn your head toward the storm that's surely coming along

[Chorus]
          Dm
If the sun  was always shining and our load always light
            G
We'd be shaking like a leaf with every God given night
              A
And we'd break under the weight
Of any pain that ever came in this life

[Outro]
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