Wooden Ships chords and lyrics - NELLIE MCKAY

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[Verse 1]
[Em]If y[Am]ou sm[G]ile[Em] at[Am][Em]
me I will [Am]un derstand
'Cause that is something
[Em]Everybody everywhere does in
[Am]the same language
[Em][Am][Em]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
I can [Em]see by your coat, my friend
That you're from the [Am]other side
There's just one thing [Em]I got to know
Can you tell me [Am]please who
won
[Em][Am][Em]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
You must [Em]try some of my purple berries
Yes, I've [Am]been eating them
For six or seven week[Em]s now
haven't got sick once
[Am]Probably keep us both alive
[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Em][Am]
[G]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Wooden ships on the water [G]very [D]free
[Em]Easy, you know the way
it's sup[G]posed [D]to be
Sil[Em]ver people on the shoreline l[G]et u[D]s be
[C]Very free and easy
[Em]

[Verse 5]
Sail away where [C]the morning
sun [Em]goes [C]high[Am][Em]
Sail away where [C]the wind blows sweet
and [Em]young birds fly
[C]

[Verse 6]
[Em]
Take your sister then [C]by the [D]hand
Lead her far from this barren
land
[C][D]

[Verse 7]
[Em]
Horror grips us as [G]we watch you [D]die
[Em]All we can do is echo
your [G]anguished [D]cry
[Em]Stare as all you human feeli[G]ngs di[D]e
We [C]are leaving
You don't [Em]need [D]us
[Am][G]

[Verse 8]
[Em]Go and take a sister then by t[G]he h[D]and
[Em]Lead her far from this [G]foreign [D]lan[Em]d
Far away where we might [G]laugh [D]again
We are [C]leaving,
you don't [Em]need us
[Am][D][G]

[Verse 9]
[Em]Sailing ships on the water [G]very [D]free
[Em]Easy you know the way it's
sup[G]posed [D]to be
[Em]Silver people on the shoreline [G]let [D]us be
[C]Very free and easy
[Em]