When The Ship Comes In chords by
The Chieftains And The Decemberists
The Chieftains And The Decemberists
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Oh the time will come up
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When the winds will stop
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And the breeze will
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cease to be breathin'
Like the stillness in the wind
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G
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Before the hurricane begins
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The hour when the ship comes in
Verse 2
Bm
Bm
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Oh, the seas will split
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And the ship will hit and
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the sands on the
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Shoreline will be shakin'
And the tide will sound
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G
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And the winds will pound
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D
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And the morning will be a-breakin'
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Oh Oh the fishes will laugh
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As they swim out of the path
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C
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And the seagulls they'll be smilin'
And the rocks on the sand
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will proudly stand
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The hour that the ship comes in
Verse 3
Bm
Bm
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And the words that are used
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For to get the ship confused
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Will not be understood
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as they are spoken
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For the chains of the sea
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Will have busted in the night
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And be buried at the bottom
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of the ocean
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Verse 4
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C
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G
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A song will lift as the mainsail shifts
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C
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And the boat drifts out onto the shoreline
And the sun will respect
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G
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Every face on the deck
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The hour that the ship comes in
Verse 5
Bm
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C
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And the sands will roll out a carpet of gold
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C
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For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
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D
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And And the ship's wise men
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Will remind you once again
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D
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That the whole wide world is watch
Interlude 1
in'
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Verse 6
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Oh the foes will rise
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With the sleep still in their eyes
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C
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And they'll jerk from their beds
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And think they're dreamin'
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But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
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And they'll know that it's for real
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The hour that the ship comes in
Verse 7
Bm
Bm
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And they'll raise their hands
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Sayin' "We'll meet
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all your demands"
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But we'll shout from the bow
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"Your days are numbered"
And like the pharaoh's tribe
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C
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They'll be drownded in the tide
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D
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Like Goliath they'll be conquered
Outro 1
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