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The Last Ship easy guitar chords by
Sting
Sting
Bob Carlisle
Bob Carlisle
Tony Kadleck
Tony Kadleck
Marcus Rojas
Marcus Rojas
Chris Komer
Chris Komer
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Intro 1
Em

Verse 1
Em
Bm

It's all there in the gospels
Am
Bm

The Magdalene girl comes
Am

to pay her respects
C
D

But her mind is awhirl when she
Em

finds the tomb empty
Bm
Am

The stone had been rolled
Bm
Am

Not a sign of a corpse
C

in the dark and the cold
D
Am

When she reaches the door,

sees an unholy sight
D

There's this solitary figure
D#dim
B

in a halo of light
Em

He just carries on floating
C

past Calvary Hill
D

In an almighty hurry,
D#dim
B

aye but she might catch him still
Verse 2
Am

"Tell me where are ye going Lord,
D

and why in such haste?"
D#dim

"Now don't hinder me woman,
B
Em

I've no time to waste!
Am

For they're launching a boat
D

on the morrow at noon
D#dim
B

And I have to be there before daybreak
Em
Am

Oh, I cannot be missing,
A

the lads'll expect me
D

Why else would the good Lord
D#dim
B

himself resurrect me?
Em

For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail
C
D

Through the teeth of this tempest,
B

in the mouth of a gale
C

May the angels protect me
Am
D

if all else should fail
C
Bm
Em

When the last ship sails"
G
Oh, the
Verse 3
C

roar of the chains
Am

and the cracking of timbers
D
Am
Bm

The noise at the end of
C

the world in your ears
D
C

As a mountain of steel
Am

makes its way to the sea
D
C
Bm
E

And the last ship sails
Em
C
A
Bb
Verse 4
Db

Cm

F

It's a strange kind of beauty,
Cm
Bbm

it's cold and austere
Cm
Bbm
Cm

And whatever it was that
Db

ye've done to be here
Eb
Fm
F

It's the sum of yer hopes
Cm
Bbm

yer despairs and yer fears
Cm
Db
Cm
F

When the last ship sails
Verse 5
Db
Bbm

Well, the first to arrive saw
Bb

these signs in the east
B

Like that strange moving finger
Bm
D

at Balthazar's Feast
C#m
F#m

Where they asked the advice
C#m
Bm

of some wandering priest
C#m
Bm

And the sad ghosts of men
C#m
D

whom they'd thought long deceased
E
F#m

And whatever got said,
C#m
Bm

they'd be counted at least
C#m
D
C#m
F#m

When the last ship sails
E
Oh, the
Verse 6
D

roar of the chains and
Bm

the cracking of timbers
E
Bm
C#m

The noise at the end of
D

the world in your ears
E
D

As a mountain of steel
Bm

makes its way to the sea
E
D
C#m
F#m

And the last ship sails
E
And whatever
Verse 7
D

you'd promised,
Bm

whatever you've done
E
Bm
C#m

And whatever the station
D

in life you've become
E
D

In the name of the Father,
Bm

in the name of the Son
E
D
C#m

And whatever the weave of
Bm

this life that you've spun
C#m
Bm
D

On the Earth or in Heaven
E

or under the Sun
D
C#m
When the last ship sails
Outro 1
F#
F#sus4

F#
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4
F#

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Chords
  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • D#dim

  • B

    2
  • A

  • G

  • E

  • Bb

  • Db

    4
  • Cm

    3
  • F

  • Bbm

  • Eb

    6
  • Fm

  • C#m

    4
  • F#m

    2
  • F#

    2
  • F#sus4

    2

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