My ship's comin' in chords by Mel McDaniel

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Intro 1

They say the sun

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doesn't shine  (D major) 
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on the  (G major) same folks all the time
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 (C major) I can  (G major) feel the storm is coming to an  (D major) end
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And I'm fi (C major) nally realiz (D major) ing
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out  (G major) there on the hori (C major) zon
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I can  (G major) see the sails of  (D major) my ship comin'  (G major) in  (C major) 
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 (G major) I've been a dreamer most  (C major) of my  (G major) life
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Never gave up without  (C major) a  good  (G major) fight
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Life keeps  (C major) gettin' me  (G major) up
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and lettin' me  (D major) down
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I've made  (G major) honky -tonks  (C major) in  (G major) bars
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Driven old in brand  (C major) -new  (G major) cars
And a sweet young thing
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Could always  (D major) turn me around  (G major) 
I've seen times when
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 (C major) I've been  (G major) broke
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Watched my pay go  (C major) up in smoke
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 (G major) But I've had a  (C major) taste of
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 (G major) how it feels to  (D major) win
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I've been  (G major) down  (C major) on my luck (G major) 
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Bought a beer with my  (C major) last buck  (G major) 
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Just knowing lady  (C major) luck  (G major) would  (D major) call again
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 (G major) They say the sun  (C major) doesn't shine
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 (D major) On the  (G major) same folks all the  (C major) time
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I can  (G major) feel the storm is coming to an  (D major) end
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And I'm fi (C major) nally realizing
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 (D major) out  (G major) there on the hori (C major) zon
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I can  (G major) see the sails of my  (D major) 
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ship coming  (G major) in  (C major)  (G major)  (A flat major)  (D flat major) 
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 (A flat major) Now the years have  (D flat major) taken their  (A flat major) toll,
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making money's  (D flat major) mak ing me  (A flat major) old
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But now my  (D flat major) ship is  (A flat major) laden down with  (E flat major) gold
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I'm an overnight  (A flat major)  (D flat major) sensation,  (A flat major) 
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twenty years of  (D flat major) dedication
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 (A flat major) But now I need someone  (D flat major) at   (A flat major) night
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to  (E flat major) hold me  (A flat major) close
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They say the sun  (D flat major) doesn't shine  (E flat major) 
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on the  (A flat major) same folks all the time
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 (D flat major) I can  (A flat major) see the face of love in the  (E flat major) wind
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And I'm fi (D flat major) nally realiz (E flat major) ing
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out  (A flat major) there on the hori (D flat major) zon
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I can  (A flat major) see the sails of  (E flat major) my  ship coming  (A flat major) in
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Oh, I'm fi (D flat major) nally realiz (E flat major) ing
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out  (A flat major) there on the hori (D flat major) zon
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I can  (A flat major) see the sails of my  (E flat major) ship
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coming  (A flat major) in   (D flat major)  (A flat major)  (E flat major)  (A flat major)  (D flat major)  (A flat major) you