WOODEN SHIPS

 

                     VOICINGS USED:

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020000

002010

100211

002255

000232

X04232

Em

Em7

Am7

F6

A5

D

Alt D*

X03210

X20430

332000

 

 

 

 

Fmaj7

Em9

Cmaj7

 

 

 

 

 

This proved to be the most difficult to transcribe,as there are very subtle shadings in the chord voicings,created often by the interplay of guitars.I have tried as before to create a structure which can be played on a solo acoustic guitar.

 

[Em] If you smile at me you know I will [Am7] under[F6]stand

Because that is something everybody everywhere does

In the [Am7] same [Fmaj7] language

 

I can [Em] see by your coat my friend that youre from the [Am7]

Other [F6]side

Theres [Em] just one thing I’ve got to know

Can you [Am7] tell me [F6] please who [Em] won ?

 

You must [Em]try some of my purple berries

[Am7] I been eating[Fmaj7] them for [Em] six or seven weeks now

Haven’t got [Am7] sick once[F6]

Probably keep us [Em7]both alive…..    A5  D Em7 ….  D  C:

 

[Em] Wooden ships on the water [A5] very [D*] free

And [Em]easy you know the way its [A5] supposed to [D*] be

[Em] Silver people on the shoreline[A5] leave us [D*] be

 

[Fmaj7] Very free and …(easy)[Em9] [Cmaj7]

[Em9] Sail away where the [Cmaj7] morning sun goes out at [Em9]night

[Cmaj7]

[Em9]Sail away where the [Cmaj7] wind blows free [Em9] young birds fly [Cmaj7]

[Em9]Take a sister[C] by her hand

[D] Lead her far from this barren land      [C]     [D]

 

Horror grips us as we watch you die

All we can do is echo your anguished cries

Stare as all human feelings die

 

We are leaving, you don’t need us

 

Go take a sister by the hand

Lead her far from this foreign land

Somewhere where we might laugh again

 

We are leaving, you don’t need us…..