{"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":1800096,"song":"The Last Ship","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1800096-the-last-ship-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1800096?type=chord","rating":4.87441,"votes":42,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIt's all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nComes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nWhen she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere's this solitary figure in a halo of light[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nHe just carries on floating past Calvary Hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Now don't hinder me woman, I've no time to waste!”[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor they're launching a boat on the morrow at noon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I have to be there before daybreak.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh I canna be missing, the lads'll expect me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhy else would the good Lord himself resurrect me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor nothing will stop me, I have to prevail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThrough the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay the angels protect me, if all else should fail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nWhen the last ship sails.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe noise at the end of the world in your ears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nAnd the last ship sails.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]Ab/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]                     [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nIt's a strange kind of beauty,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm7[/ch]                 [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nIt's cold and austere,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bbm7[/ch]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever it was that ye've done to be here,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Cm7[/ch]        [ch]Bbm7[/ch]           [ch]Cm7[/ch]  \r\nIt's the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]        \r\nWhen the last ship sails.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell the first to arrive saw these signs in the east, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nLike that strange moving finger at Balthazar's Feast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]                [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nWhere they asked the advice of some wandering priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the sad ghosts of men whom they'd thought long deceased,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m7[/ch]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]             [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever got said, they'd be counted at least,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the last ship sails.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm7[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nOh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe noise at the end of the world in your ears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm7[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nAs a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the last ship sails.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever you'd promised, whatever you've done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]          [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever the station in life you've become[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]             [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd whatever the weave of this life that you've spun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen the last ship sails.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  A/C#  Bb/D  C#  Ab/C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em7","Bm7","Am7","C","D","B7","Em","A","Am","A/C#","Bb/D","C#","Ab/C","Fm7","Cm7","Bbm7","Db","Eb","Fm","Bb","B","Bm","C#m7","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}