{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1717341,"song":"The Ship","artist":"Runrig","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363196-the-ship-chords-by-runrig/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1717341?type=chord","rating":4.80834,"votes":7,"content":"Runrig - The Ship\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  (4x)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI awoke in the dust of an autumn morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFaces oil-lit and kneeling 'round the family chairs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI never knew that a heart could take such filling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpaces everywhere, everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship comes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she's waiting at the harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe prepared to get on board[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe prepared[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never knew that the light of ages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBreaks away before us[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSail away, sail away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the front doors opened and the men came walking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuits and shoes, heads of silver and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's one short road from a darkened cradle[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the endless light of day[/tab]\r\n     \r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere she trembled on the day she was touched and broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, Marie was born again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship comes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she's waiting at the harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe prepared to get on board[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, be prepared[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never knew that the light of ages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBreaks away before us[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSail away, sail away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   (4x)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll ears to the trawler band in the evenings[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForty grands and the spirits run wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sea had claimed their lives[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's peat smoke rising from the village chimneys[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou take your chances with the red haired girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat night in a changing world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship comes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she's waiting at the harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe prepared to get on board[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe prepared[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never knew that the light of ages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBreaks away before us[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSail away, sail away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   (## repeat about 12x and fade to end ##)","plain_text":"Runrig - The Ship\n\n\n\nINTRO: Em  D  (4x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Em  D   (4x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: Em  D   (## repeat about 12x and fade to end ##)","chords":["Em","D","G","C","Am","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}