Ships chords by Barry Manilow (Official Version)
Ab
Dbmaj7
Eb
Edim7
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Db/Eb
Ab7
Db
Ab/C
Bbm
BbmMaj7
Bbm7
Eb/G
B
D#m7
Emaj7
E/F#
D#/G
G#m
F#
C#m7
Em7
A7
F
Am7
Bbmaj7
C
Dm7
Ab
Dbmaj7
Eb
Edim7
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Db/Eb
Ab7
Db
Ab/C
Bbm
BbmMaj7
Bbm7
Eb/G
B
D#m7
Emaj7
E/F#
D#/G
G#m
F#
C#m7
Em7
A7
F
Am7
Bbmaj7
C
Dm7
Ab
Dbmaj7
Eb
Edim7
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Db/Eb
Ab7
Db
Ab/C
Bbm
BbmMaj7
Bbm7
Eb/G
B
D#m7
Emaj7
E/F#
D#/G
G#m
F#
C#m7
Em7
A7
F
Am7
Bbmaj7
C
Dm7
Intro 1
Ab
Dbmaj7
Ab
Dbmaj7
Verse 1
Ab
Dbmaj7
We walked to the sea,
Eb
Edim7
just my father and me
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Dbmaj7
And the dogs played around on the sand
Ab
Dbmaj7
Winter cold cut the air,
Eb
Edim7
hangin' still everywhere
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Dressed in gray, did he say,
Dbmaj7
Db/Eb
Eb
"Hold my hand"
Pre-chorus 1
Ab7
Db
I said, "Love's easier when it's far away"
Ab/C
Bbm
BbmMaj7
We sat and watched
Bbm7
Eb/G
a distant light
Chorus 1
B
D#m7
We're two ships that pass
Emaj7
E/F#
in the night
B
D#m7
We both smile and we say,
Emaj7
E/F#
"It's alright"
B
D#m7
We're still here, it's just that we're
Emaj7
out of sight
D#/G
G#m
F#
Emaj7
F#
Like those ships that pass in the night
Interlude 1
Ab
Dbmaj7
Ab
Dbmaj7
Verse 2
Ab
Dbmaj7
There's a boat on the line
Eb
Edim7
where the sea meets the sky
Fm
Fm7/Eb
Dbmaj7
There's another that rides far behind
Ab
Dbmaj7
And it seems you and I
Eb
Edim7
Fm
are like strangers a wide ways apart
Fm7/Eb
Dbmaj7
Db/Eb
Eb
As we drift on through time
Pre-chorus 2
Ab7
Db
He said, "It's harder now we're far away"
Ab/C
Bbm
BbmMaj7
We only read you
Bbm7
Eb/G
when you write
Chorus 2
B
D#m7
We're two ships that pass
Emaj7
E/F#
in the night
B
D#m7
And we smile when we say,
Emaj7
E/F#
"It's alright"
B
D#m7
We're still here, it's just that we're
Emaj7
out of sight
D#/G
G#m
F#
Emaj7
Like those ships that pass in the night
D#m7
C#m7
D#m7
Outro 1
Em7
A7
F
Am7
We're just ships that pass
Bbmaj7
C
in the night
Dm7
Am7
And we smile when we say
Bbmaj7
C
"It's al- right"
F
Am7
We're still here, it's just that we're
Bbmaj7
C
out of sight
Dm7
C
Bbmaj7
C
Like those ships that pass in the night
F
Am7
We're just two ships that pass
Bbmaj7
C
in the night
Dm7
Am7
Bbmaj7
C
And we smile when we say "It's alright"
[Fade out]
Ships
Barry Manilow
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