When the Ship Comes In chords by
Bob Dylan

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Key: G major

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, the time will come up
C C 
 
G G 
 
When the winds will stop
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
And the breeze will cease
G G 
 
to be breathin'
Like the stillness in the wind
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Before the hurricane begins
D D 
 
G G 
 
The hour that the ship comes in

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
And the seas will split
C C 
 
G G 
 
And the ship will hit
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
And the sands on the shoreline
C C 
 
G G 
 
will be shaking
D D 
 
Then the tide will sound
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And the wind will pound
D D 
 
And the morning will be
C C 
 
G G 
 
breaking

Verse 3
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, the fishes will laugh
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
As they swim out of the path
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And the seagulls they'll be smiling
And the rocks on the sand
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Will proudly stand
D D 
 
G G 
 
The hour that the ship comes in

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
And the words that are used
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
For to get the ship confused
C C 
 
Will not be understood as
G G 
 
they're spoken
For the chains of the sea
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Will have busted in the night
And will be buried at the
D D 
 
G G 
 
bottom of the ocean

Verse 5
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A song will lift
C C 
 
G G 
 
As the mainsail shifts
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And the boat drifts  on to the shoreline
And the sun will respect
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Every face on the deck
D D 
 
G G 
 
The hour that the ship comes in

Verse 6
Bm Bm 
 
Then the sands will roll
D D 
 
C C 
 
Out a carpet of gold
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
G G 
 
An d And the ship's wise men
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Will remind you once again
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
That the whole wide world is watchin'

Interlude 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G

Verse 7
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, the foes will rise
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
With the sleep still in their eyes
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
And they'll jerk from their beds and
G G 
 
think they're dreamin'
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And  know that it's for real
D D 
 
G G 
 
The hour when the ship comes in
D D 
 
Then they'll

Verse 8
raise their hands
Sayin' we'll meet all
G G 
 
your demands
Bm Bm 
 
But we'll shout from the bow
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
your days are numbered
D D 
 
And like Pharaoh's tribe
C C 
 
They'll be drownded in the tide
G G 
 
And like Goliath,
they'll be conquered
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 

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