The Ship Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em][D][Em][D]

[Verse 1]
I [G]awoke in the dust
[C]s of an aut[Am]umn morning[D]
Faces [G]oil-lit kneeling kneeling
[C]round the family cha[D]irs
I never [G]knew that a [C]heart could
take such [Am]filling[D]
[G]Spaces everywhere.
[C][D]

[Verse 2]
And [G]the ship [C]comes ‘round
And [Em]she's [Am]waiting at the har[D]bour
Be pre[G]pared to get on [C]board, be prepared
[D]

[Verse 3]
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of [G]ages
[Am]Breaks the way [D]before us
Sail [Em]away, [D]sail away
[G]

[Verse 4]
All the front doors opened
[C]and the men [Am]came walking
[D]Suits and sho[G]es,
heads [C]of silver [D]and grey
It's one short [G]road from
a [C]darkened [Am]cradle[D]
To the [G]endless light of day.
[C][D]

[Verse 5]
She walked like a [C]bride down the
[D]aisle of her child[Em]hood
The shops, [Bm]the schoolyard,
[C]the church on the [D]hill
Where she trembled on the [G]day
She was [C]touched and [Am]broken[D]
Mar[G]ie was born again.
[C][D]

[Verse 6]
And [G]the ship [C]comes ‘round
And she's [Am]waiting at the harbour
[D]Be prepar[G]ed to get on boa[C]rd,
be prepared
[D]

[Verse 7]
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of ages
[Am]Breaks the way [D]before us
Sail [Em]away, [D]sail away

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em]
[D][Em][D][Em][D][Em][D]
All [Bm]ears [G]to the trawler-band

[Verse 8]
[C]in [Am]in the ev[D]enings
[G]Forty crans and the spir
[C]its run wil[D]d
The storms, the drown[G]ings,
the [C]tables, [Am]the drinking
[D]The sea[G] had claimed
their lives.
[C][D]

[Verse 9]
There's a peat smoke [C]rising
[D]from the village chimney[Em]s
You take your [Bm]chances
[C]with the red haired [D]girl
All the boats take their [G]rest in the
[C]heart [Am]of the harbour[D]
That [G]night in a changing world.
[C][D]

[Verse 10]
And [G]the ship [C]comes ‘round
And [D]she's [Am]waiting at the harbour
[D]Be prepar[G]ed to get on boa[C]rd,
be prepared
[D]

[Verse 11]
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of ages
[Am]Breaks the way be[D]fore us
Sail [Em]away, [D]sai[G]l[Em][D][Em][D]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em][D][Em]
[D][Em][D][Em][D][Em][D]
[Em]away[D][Em]

[Outro 1]
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