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Version 1[Intro] B B E B B B F# B B B E B B B F# B [Verse] B B E B It was on the ten[th] of April, on a sunny afternoon B B F# B The Titanic left out Hamilton, each one as happy as bride and groom B B E B No one thought of danger, or what their fate may be B B F# B Until a gruesome iceberg caused fifteen hundred to perish in the sea [Verse] B B E B It was early Monday mornin', just about the break of day B B F# B Captain Smith call for help from the Carpathia, and it was many miles away B B E B Everyone was calm and solemn, asked each other what the trouble may be B B F# B Not thinking that death was lurking, there upon that Northern Sea [Verse] B B E B The Carpathia received the wireless: "S.O.S. In distress B B F# B Come at once, we are sinking. Make no delay and do your best B B E B Get your lifeboats all in readiness, 'cause we're going down very fast B B F# B We have saved the women and the children, and try and hold out to the last" [Verse] B B E B You know, at last they called all the passengers, told them to hurry to the deck B B F# B Then they realized that the mighty Titanic was an awful fatal wreck B B E B They lowered the lifeboats, one by one, taking women, children from the store B B F# B The poor men, they were left to care for themselves, but they sure played a hero's part [Verse] B B E B You know, they stood out on that sinkin' deck, and they was all in great despair B B F# B You know, accidents may happen most any time, and we know not when and where B B E B The music played as they went down, on that dark blue sea B B F# B And you could hear the sound, that familiar hymn, singin' "Nearer My God To Thee" [Verse] B B E B They say, "Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer my God to Thee B B F# B Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee B B E B So, like a wanderer, As the sun goes down B B F# B B Darkness be over me," Just then the Titanic went down