When The Ship Comes In chords by The Pogues
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major)
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Verse 1
(G major) Oh,
(C major) (D major) (G major) the time will come up
When the winds (C major) will stop (G major)
And the breeze will cease
(C major) to be breathin' (G major)
Like the stillness in the wind
Before the (C major) hurricane be (G major) gins
The hour (D major) that the ship comes (G major) in
(D major) And the seas
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Verse 2
will split
And the ship (G major) will hit
(D major) And the sands on the
shoreline will be shaking (G major)
(D major) Then the tide will sound
And the (G major) wind will pound
And the morning (C major) will be (D major) breaking (G major)
Verse 3
Oh, the (G major) fishes will laugh
As they swim (C major) out of the path (G major)
And the seagulls they'll (C major) be smiling (G major)
And the rocks on the sand
(D major) Will (C major) proudly stand (G major)
The hour (D major) that the ship comes (G major) in (D major) (G major)
(D major) And the
Verse 4
words that are used
For to (G major) get the ship confused
(D major) Will not be understood as they're spoken (G major)
(D major) For the chains of the sea
Will have (G major) busted in the night
And will be buried at the (C major) bottom of the (D major) ocean
(G major) (C major)
Interlude 1
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(C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
A song (G major) will lift
(D major) As the mainsail (C major) shift (G major) s
And the boat drift (C major) s on to the shoreline (G major)
And the sun will respect
(D major) Every (C major) face on the (G major) deck
The hour (D major) that the ship comes (G major) in
(D major) Then the sands
Verse 6
will roll
Out a (G major) carpet of gold
(D major) For your weary toes to be a- touchin' (G major)
(D major) And the ship's wise men
Will re (G major) mind you once again
That the whole wide (C major) world is (D major) watchin'
Verse 7
(G major)
Oh, the foes will rise
With the sleep (C major) still in their
eye (G major) s
And they'll jerk from their bed (C major)
s and (G major) think they're dreamin'
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
(D major) And (C major) know that it's for real (G major)
The hour (D major) when the ship comes (G major) in (D major) (G major)
(D major) Then they'll
Verse 8
raise their hands
Sayin' we'll (G major) meet all your demands
But (D major) we'll shout from the bow
your days are (G major) numbered
And (D major) like Pharaoh's tribe
They'll be (G major) drownded in the tide
And like Goliath, (C major) they'll be (D major) conquered
Outro 1
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