{"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":2376061,"song":"Ships In The Night","artist":"Ryan Montbleau","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11491125-ships-in-the-night-chords-by-ryan-montbleau/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2376061?type=chord","rating":4.91416,"votes":27,"content":"[tab]Chords used: [ch]Ebm[/ch] | [ch]A#/D[/ch] | [ch]C#[/ch] |  [ch]Cdim7[/ch] | [ch]Bmaj7[/ch] | [ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch] | [ch]A#[/ch]\r\n*You can also play the Cdim7 as a normal B[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Ebm:       x6887x\r\nA#/D:      x5876x\r\nC#:        9-11-11-9-x-x\r\nCdim7:    7978xx\r\nBmaj7:     7988xx\r\nBmaj7/A#:  6987xx[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOn my guitar the sound is better without open strings. However, the original is with a capo on the third fret.\r\nThen play the chords like this:\r\n\r\nEbm:       x3104x\r\nA#/D:      x2103x\r\nC#:        x1003x  (sometimes x1001x)\r\nCdim7:     x0101x\r\nBmaj7:     4x554x\r\nBmaj7/A#:  3x554x\r\nA#:        35543x\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nSummer passed by before I could bat an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nTequila sunsets and bleak sunrises[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nBecause no more long days now, no more prize fighting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nI'll even cut down on the drinking, just please no more surprises[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nI see her wave to me, covered it from A to Z[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nWith a look so heavenly that she' s no longer giving me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nShips pass by outside the window in my room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nThey only know where they've been and where they're going to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThey pass so mightily, steady in their gaze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nThey pass by each other without so much as a wave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nShips in the night are we, convinced we're gonna be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]     [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nReunited come the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nMy brother, how you been while I've been blinded by my own?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nWorries and stories and this sense that I'm alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nHeaven zips by a million more ships in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nAnd and trillion tons of gases from a billion silly asses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd I still pray for the masses as we fight the bloody fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]                                                        [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nBut bodies cannot stop these jacked up, gakked up ships in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nAnd I reach out in the darkness for some body I might hold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nI reach out to the cosmos by staring at my phone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI reach a state of ecstasy, I return to despair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nI remain educated, well-informed, and unaware[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut my sister, my sister, I swear that I am good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]                                      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nReach your arms around me and tell me that I'm understood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nI can't believe the things for which I'm forced to take a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nI can't believe that I'm the problem, not the plan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI can't believe that we elected that man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nYes I can, yes I can, yes I can, yes I can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nShips in the night are we, miss other entirely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]                             [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nFrom cradle to the grave without so much as a wave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nAnd my my, hey hey, looks like the sky is falling down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nNo, it's my time, it's your time, it's all just coming 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nRun up the mountain and hide out while you can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nThere's a storm coming full of lonely disaffected angry men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd father time knows the way the cancer grows inside of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]                                      [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nAnd who will hold my hand when I'm in my final bed?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nWhen ships in the night are we[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#/D[/ch]\r\nShips in the night are we[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\nMiss each other entirely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cdim7[/ch]\r\nShips in the night are we[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch]\r\nSomeone shine your light on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7/A#[/ch]\r\nSomeone shine your light on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]\r\nShips in the night are we[/tab]","plain_text":"On my guitar the sound is better without open strings. However, the original is with a capo on the third fret.\nThen play the chords like this:\n\nEbm:       x3104x\nA#/D:      x2103x\nC#:        x1003x  (sometimes x1001x)\nCdim7:     x0101x\nBmaj7:     4x554x\nBmaj7/A#:  3x554x\nA#:        35543x\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Ebm","A#/D","C#","Cdim7","Bmaj7","Bmaj7/A#","A#","B","C","A"]}