The Casket

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[Verse 1]
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There is a broken casket,
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Washed up by the morning tide,
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With a young girl's magic momentos,
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And second hand jewelry inside.

[Verse 2]
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Letters from long dead lovers,
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Tied now with a seaweed bow,
    F              Em
A first world war photo-graph
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Of a German matelot.*
   F                Em
A first world war photo-graph
       Dm    F  C
Of a German matelot.

[Bridge]
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Attracted by the glittering,
    Cm               Eb
A hermit crab approaches
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The caskets gaudy entrails
      Cm            G
Of necklaces and broaches.


[Verse 3]
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Two ticket for Hohenlinden,
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Lie half buried in the sand.
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And a peom by Christian Morgenstern
                     C
Copied carefully by hand.

[Verse 4]
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As the sun climbs high in the heavens,
                               F
And fisherman return from the kill,
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The hermit crab scuttles for safety
      Dm           G             C
As children swoop down from the hill.
      F                        Em
The hermit crab scuttles for safety
      Dm           G             C
As children swoop down from the hill.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
  C
There is a broken casket,
                          G
Washed up by the morning tide,
 G       G7
With a young girl's magic momentos,
                          C
And second hand jewelry inside.

[Verse 4]
   C
Letters from long dead lovers,
                         F
Tied now with a seaweed bow,
F                  Em
A first world war photo-graph
      Dm     G   C7
Of a German matelot.
   F               Em
A first world war photo-graph
       Dm    G  C
Of a German matelot.