And The Band Played On (Down Among The Dead Men)
Words & Music:
probably Harry Vanda &/or George Young (Flash & The Pan)
I
recently rediscovered this '80s group (and their penchant for lo-fi vocals) and
also rediscovered why I loved each & every one of their tunes. The title references an 18th
century English sea song but tells the tale of the Titanic. I would love the chords to this!
It was
night, a starry moonless sight.
Out in the
mid Atlantic, there sailed a ship of light.
She was big,
this ship of luxury.
Everything
was peaceful, no safer place to be.
PRE-CHORUS:
And she
sailed through the night, on her way...
CHORUS:
Down among
the dead men.
Down among
the dead men.
And the band
played...
She sailed
the virgin, she sailed the sea.
Down among
the dead men.
Captain
Smith, the master in command.
A man with
wealth of wisdom, a fine upstanding man.
But the
fog..., he didn't hear the calls.
The ice
mountain was waiting for fifteen hundred souls.
PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS:
OUTRO:
Down among the dead men and into history...