The Ship chords by Runrig

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I awoke in the dust
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s of an autumn morning
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Faces oil-lit kneeling kneeling
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round the family chairs
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I never knew that a heart could
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take such filling
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Spaces everywhere.
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Verse 2

And the ship comes ‘round

And she's waiting at the harbour

Be prepared to get on board, be prepared

Verse 3
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I never knew that the light of ages
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Breaks the way before us
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Sail away, sail away
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Verse 4
All the front doors opened
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and the men came walking
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Suits and shoes,
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heads of silver and grey
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It's one short road from
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a darkened cradle
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To the endless light of day.
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Verse 5
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She walked like a bride down the
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aisle of her childhood
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The shops, the schoolyard,
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the church on the hill
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Where she trembled on the day
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She was touched and broken
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Marie was born again.
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Verse 6
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And the ship comes ‘round
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And she's waiting at the harbour
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Be prepared to get on board,
be prepared
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Verse 7

I never knew that the light of ages

Breaks the way before us

Sail away, sail away

Interlude 1

All ears to the trawler-band

Verse 8
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in in  the evenings
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Forty crans and the spir
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its run wild
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The storms, the drownings,
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the tables, the drinking
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The sea had claimed
their lives.
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Verse 9
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There's a peat smoke rising
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from the village chimneys
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You take your chances
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with the red haired girl
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All the boats take their rest in the
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heart of the harbour
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That night in a changing world.
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Verse 10
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And the ship comes ‘round
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And she's waiting at the harbour
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Be prepared to get on board,
be prepared
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Verse 11
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I never knew that the light of ages
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Breaks the way before us
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Sail away, sail
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away