Epic The Musical - Full Speed Ahead Chords & Tabs

by Misc Musicals

[Content]
Cm  Bb    Ab
Cm  Bb    Ab
Fm9 Bb/G  Ab
Fm9 Bb/G  Ab

[ODYSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
Cm             Bb                        
Six hundred men, six hundred men under my
   Ab                              
command, with only one goal in mind
N.C.
(Make it back alive to our homeland)
Cm             Bb                          Ab 
Six hundred men, six hundred miles of open sea
But the problem's not the distance
N.C.
(It's what lies in between)
             Fm9                       
And Ithaca's waiting (Ithaca's waiting)
              Bb/G                            
My kingdom is waiting (The kingdom is waiting)
           Ab          Bb
Penelope's waiting for me
               Cm Bb Ab Cm Bb Ab
So full speed ahead
            Fm9 Bb/G Ab
Full speed ahead

[EURYLOCHUS, (SOLDIERS)]
Fm9 Bb/G
Captain
Ab          
(Eurylochus)
Cm                               
Six hundred men (Six hundred men)
Bb                                 Ab  
Six hundred men with big mouths to feed
                                 Fm9
And we've run out of supplies to eat
           Bb/G      Ab            Bb     
(Curse the war, our food store's depleted)
Cm                               
Six hundred men (Six hundred men)
Bb                                  Ab 
Six hundred reasons to take what we can
So captain, what's the plan?
Fm9       Bb/G       Ab    
(Captain, what's the plan?)

[ODYSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
Bb              Fm9      
Watch where the birds fly
Bb/G             Ab        
(Watch where the birds fly)
                     Bb  
They will lead us to land
           Bbsus      Bb   
(They will lead us to land)
            Abadd9                         Bb  
There we'll hunt for food, my second in command
Now full speed ahead, full speed ahead

[EURYLOCHUS, SOLDIERS]
      Cm        Bb        Ab       
We're up, we're off, and away we go
      Cm        Bb        Ab       
We're up, we're off, and away we go
      Fm9       Bb/G      Ab       
We're up, we're off, and away we go

[POLITES]
   Fm9 
Captain

[ODYSSEUS]
 Bb/G   
Polites!

[POLITES]
Ab   
Look!
Abadd9                          Bbadd9
There in the distance, I see an island
                           Cm7  
I see a light that faintly glows
                                Bb/D
Maybe they're people lighting a fire
Maybe they'll share some food, who knows?



[ODYSSEUS]
Abadd9                  
Something feels off here
      Gsus7                    
I see fire but there's no smoke


[EURYLOCHUS]
          Cm7                                     
I say we strike first, we don't have time to waste
         G7                 
So let's raid the place and—


[ODYSSEUS]
No.
Fm9                               Bb/G
Polites gear up, you and I'll go ahead

[POLITES]
(You and I'll go ahead)

[ODYSSEUS]
Abadd9                                     Bbadd9
We should try to find a way no one ends up dead

[EURYLOCHUS]
(We don't know what's ahead)

[ODYSSEUS]
            Fm9                        Bb/G 
Give me til sunrise, and if we don't return.
         Abadd9                                Bbadd9
Then six hundred men can make this whole place burn

[ODYSSSEUS, (SOLDIERS)]
                Fm9    Bb/G
Now full speed ahe-e-e-ad
            Abadd9 Bbadd9               
Full speed ahe-e-e-ad (Full speed ahead)
      Fm9                          
We're up, we're off, and away we go
       Bb/G                          
(We're up, we're off, and away we go)
            Abadd9                                    
Full speed ahead (We're up, we're off, and away we go)
       Bbadd9                
(We're up, we're off, and a—)
           C5   
Full speed ahead