Intro: Dm

Dm               C                Dm
First I will describe the scene to you
C
Do you have it right?
Dm        C
In 1944 the riegal she went down
Dm                 C    
She went down with 4,000 prisoners
Dm
Asleep on board

Dm               C
Well now do you,
C                 Dm
I want to know if you
Dm
Have it right, is it like
Dm
The borders of a dream
Am
Have taken you inside?

Dm               C
The riegel was a mighty ship
Dm     Am        G
4,000 prisoners strong

C                  Am
The captain he was gallant
Dm                            G
Or perhaps he was a prisoner, too
Am                           G
Who's to know for sure who's who?

C                Am    
One night it was very late
C                   Am
The riegel tore its side
C                       Am
4,000 prisoners and the captain
Dm                        G
They were trapped inside

Am                 
Has there been any news?
C
I feel so out of place
Am                   C
The captain's always busy
Am                   C
Being in a state of grace
Dm
But what I want to know is:

Am
Are you listening out there?

C                    Am
The crew they were a sorry lot
C                Am
Blinded by their blood
C                        Am
The captain he whispered orders
              C                  Am
You could not hear him above the flood
C                    Am
Then somebody said, "the ocean's here,"
C                 Am
But someone said "no, there's more"
C                    Am
And the last thing I remember
Dm                               G      
Is a broken hand clinging to the captain's door

Am
Has there been any news?
C
I feel so out of place
Am                   C
The captain's always busy
Am                   C
Being in a state of grace
Dm
But what I want to know is:

Am                Dm  
Are you listening out there?
Am                Dm  
Are you listening out there?
Is anybody listening?