Milow - Herald of free enterprise

^AmThis is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one It ^Fmaj7happened twenty years ago al^Cthough the sea was ^Ecalm ^AmIt was 1987 and winter nearly gone On that ^Fmaj7Friday running late with rolling ^Coff and rolling ^Eon

^AmTrucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side Someone ^Fmaj7had to close the back door That day ^Cit must have slipped his ^Emind ^AmHe was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall While ^Fmaj7passengers were eating, indulging ^Cduty-free-for-^Eall

^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^AmEnterprise In just ^Fmaj7ninety seconds, ^Gright down to the ^Cwire

^AmSailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in As they ^Fmaj7passed the Outer Mole the ^Cdisaster could ^Ebegin ^AmA hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port The ^Fmaj7lights went out the ship turned around and ^Cfell to star^Eboard ^AmThen nothing but silence, silence and the cold ^Fmaj7Herald and her sisters ^Cnever fit the ^Emold

^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^AmEnterprise In just ^Fmaj7ninety seconds, ^Gright down to the ^Cwire

^AmTwo months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange Pensioned ^Fmaj7off into the Thirld World where they ^Cnamed her Flushing ^ERange ^AmBut in ’88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt Pride and ^Fmaj7Spirit changed their names They were all ^Cdoomed since they were ^Ebuilt

^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^CEnterprise ^Fmaj7Herald ^Gof Free ^AmEnterprise In just ^Fmaj7ninety seconds, ^Gright down to the ^Cwire

^AmThis is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one It ^Fmaj7happened twenty years ago al^Cthough the sea was ^Ecalm ^AmI was just a boy then, holding daddy’s hands ^Fmaj7Watching on tv how Herald&am^Cp;#8217;s time c^Eame to an end