Tall Ships chords by Jon Langford

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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How
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tall ships go sailing
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On the wings of the breeze
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Piled up with cargo that
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nobody needs
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When I'm warm and sleepy
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Will you look out for me?
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I fear a collision and bad
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company
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The rumble of drunken snorting,
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they burn their candles too bright
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It's always put up or shut up at
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this time of night
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Now my eyelids are saggin'
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And the bronze feelin' weak
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From carty and cargo that
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nobody needs
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Your body like ballast against me
The sweat in your hair
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When you're slipping under,
will I still be there?
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So many long journeys,
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when I can't name one face
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So pointless and evil,
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the courses we trace
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And tall ships go sailing
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Over dirty green seas
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Piled up with cargo that
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nobody needs
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An unveil of exploration
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A mission resealed
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Looking at conquest
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But something is still
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Am 
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You