The trick to this song is staying on top of the triplets when you're strumming.
Some of the chords are “transitions” so listen for the changes. On the C-Cadd9
change, you just drop your pinky down right before the Em.
Enjoy!
G C Cadd9 Em D
I believe submarines
G C Cadd9 Em D
Underneath deep blue seas
G C Cadd9 Em D
Saw the flags: Japanese
G C Cadd9 Em D
No one will believe me
Em D
Ran back to the town bar and
G
I told the people how
Em D
I had seen the submarine and
C
Everyone laughed aloud
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G C Cadd9 Em D
G C Cadd9 Em D
G C Cadd9 Em D
I did spy periscopes
G C Cadd9 Em D
Dead of night on the eastern coast
G C Cadd9 Em D
The police made them jokes
G C Cadd9 Em D
Told me I'd seen a ghost
Everyone thinks I'm a liar
No one knows the truth
If it was a bigger fire
I would be on the roof
Ships will rust in Baldwin Bay
(Let me go!)
No one trusts what I say
(I don't know!)
Oh my God, no one paid
(Attention!)
Overnight my hair turned gray
(Oh oh oh!)
In the end it boils down to credibility
I had none, so I will die with the secrets of the sea
(Submarine! Can't find me! Submarine!)
Submarine...
(Submarine!)
