Dance Band On The Titanic Words and Music by Harry Chapin Chords from http://chapinmusic.com/lyrics/dance_band_on_the_titanic.html Dance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee The iceberg’s on the starboard bow Won’t you dance with me? Mama stood crying at the dockside Sayin’ "Please son don’t take this trip." I said "Momma sweet momma don’t you worry none Even God couldn’t sink this ship." Well the whistle blew and they turned the screws And churned the water into foam Destination - Sweet salvation Goodbye home sweet home I’m in the dance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee The iceberg’s on the starboard bow Won’t you dance with me? There was a trombone and a saxophone The bass and drums were cookin’ on the bandstand And I was strummin’ in the middle with this dude on a fiddle And we were three days out from land Now the foghorn’s jammed and moaning Hear it groaning through the misty night I heard the lookout shout down "There’s icebergs around But still everything’s alright." Aw the dance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee The iceberg’s on the starboard bow Won’t you dance with me? They were burning all the flares for candles In a banquet they were throwing in first class And we were blowing waltzes in the ballroom When the universe went crash! "There’s no way that this could happen!" I could hear the old captain curse He ordered life boats away that’s when I heard the chaplin say "Women and children and chaplins first!" Well they soon used up all of the life boats But there were a lot of us left on board I heard the drummer saying "Boys just keep playing Now we’re doing this date for the Lord." I heard the dance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee The iceberg’s on the starboard bow Won’t you dance with me? There’s a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack He’s the last remaining guest He was tapping in a morse code frenzy B7 [Notes only] B (14 x’s) Tappin’ "Please God S.O.S." Jesus Christ can walk on the water Well a music-man will drown They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up Well I’ll be strummin’ as the ship goes down I’m in the dance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee The iceberg’s on the starboard bow Won’t you dance with me? [repeat twice and fade]