Cm
You gentlemen can watch while I'm scrubbin' the floors
                                           A7#5
And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawkin'
    A7#5 
And maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell,
      G#7
On a ratty waterfront in a ratty old hotel
        G#m6
And you never guess to who you're talkin'
                    A#
You never guess to who you're talkin'

[Pre-Chorus]
F#6                            Bm
Suddenly one night there's a scream in the night
         F#6                               Bm
And you yell "what the hell could that've been?"
         Em7                             C#7sus4
And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'
        Em7                             C#7sus4   F#add9
And you say "What the hell's she got to grin?"

[Chorus]
      Bm             F#5
And a ship, a black freighter,
        Em
With a skull on its masthead
              F#5
Will be comin' in.

[Verse]
Cm
You gentlemen can say "Hey girl, finish the floors
                                       A7#5
Get upstairs, make the beds, earn your keep here!"
    A7#5 
You toss me your tips and look out at the ships
         G#7
But I'm countin' your heads while I make up the beds
                G#m6
'Cause there's nobody gonna sleep here
                                  A#
Tonight none of you will sleep here

[Pre-Chorus]
F#6                       Bm
Then that night there's a bang in the night
         F#6                          Bm
And you yell "Who's that kickin' up a row?"
        Em7                           C#7sus4
And you see me kinda starin' out the window
         Em7                           C#7sus4  F#add9
And you say "What's she got to stare at now?"

[Chorus]
        Bm               F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
       Em
Turns around in the harbor,
                        F#5
Shootin' guns from the bow.

[Verse]
Cm
Then you gentlemen can wipe off that laugh from your face
                             A7#5 
Every buildin' in town is a flat one
     A7#5  
Your whole stinkin' place will be down to the ground
     G#7
Only this cheap hotel standin' up safe and sound
         G#m6
And you yell "Why do they spare that one?"
         G#m6                              A#
And you say "Why do they spare that one?" 

[Pre-Chorus]
F#6                            Bm
All the night through with the noise and to-do,
    F#6                                 Bm
You wonder "Who's that person lives up there?"
          Em7                          C#7sus4
Then you see me stepping out into the morning,
         Em7                     C#7sus4   F#add9
Lookin' nice with a ribbon in my hair.

[Chorus]
         Bm              F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
          Em
Runs the flag up its masthead
                      F#5
And a cheer rings the air!

[Verse]
Cm
By noontime the dock is all swarmin' with men
                           A7#5
Comin' off of that ghostly freighter
         A7#5
They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see
             G#7
And they're chainin' up people and bringin' them to me,
       G#m6
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?
       G#m6                            A#
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?" 

[Pre-Chorus]
F#6                       Bm
Noon by the clock and so still on the dock,
        F#6                    Bm
You can hear a foghorn miles away,
         G7                       N.C.
In that quiet of death, I'll say  "Right now!"
          G7
And they pile up the bodies and I'll say,
          C#7sus4    E6   C#7sus4
"That'll learn ya!

[Chorus]
         Bm             F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
      Em
Disappears out to sea
             F#5
And on it is me.