C F
It was on one Monday morning just about one o'clock
C G
When that great Titanic began to reel and rock
C
People began to scream and cry,
F
Saying "Lord, am I going to die?"
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 2]
C F
While they were building they said what they would do,
C G
We will build a ship that water can't go through;
C
But God with power in hand,
F
Showed the world that it could not stand.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 3]
C F
When that ship left England it was making for the shore,
C G
The rich had declared that they would not ride with the poor,
C
So they put the poor below,
F
They were the first to go.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 4]
C F
Those people on that ship were a long way from home,
C G
With friends all around they didn't know that time had come;
C
Death came riding by,
F
Sixteen hundred had to die.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
