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On a clear April day, 1963 
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I took a memorable ride on a silver submarine 
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100+ men, John Wesley Harvey and me 
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All aboard the SSN – 593 

     Em         G 
Goin down, goin down 
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Goin down down down down 

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Harvey to base, we’re at 1,000 feet 
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Jimmy’s doin real good I think he’s getting ahold of this thing 
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Then the rattle of pipes, then the hiss of the steam 
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I was the man of the hour till the alarm bells started ringing 

     Em         G 
Goin down, goin down 
     D              G 
Goin down down down down 

   Em                         G 
Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more 
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Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor 

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Wonder and fear, unending black sea 
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Held everyone’s gaze in quiet humility 
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Mother ocean we are at the mercy of thee 
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Like children in uniform balancing on your knee 

     Em         G 
Goin down, goin down 
     D              G 
Goin down down down down 

   Em                         G 
Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more 
          D                               G 
Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor 

   Em                         G 
Oh Thresher, we can’t take no more 
          D                               Em  C  A  G 
Slow pirouette into the arms of the ocean floor