The Ship

Intro: Em  D  (4x) 

   G           C                 Am  D 
I awoke in the dust of an autumn morning 
      G                   C                  D 
Faces oil-lit and kneeling 'round the family chairs 
        G           C                     Am  D 
I never knew that a heart could take such filling 
G                 C     D 
Spaces everywhere, everywhere 



        G           C 
And the ship comes 'round 
          Am             D 
And she's waiting at the harbour 
      G               C 
Be prepared to get on board 
      D 
Be prepared 
        G             C 
I never knew that the light of ages 
Am            D 
Breaks away before us 
      Em  D      G 
Sail away, sail away 


                           C                Am  D 
All the front doors opened and the men came walking 
          G               C          D 
Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey 
               G           C        Am D 
It's one short road from a darkened cradle 
       G                C    D 
To the endless light of day 
      

                  C              D            Em 
She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood 
               Bm              C             D 
The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill 
                          G           C           Am D 
Where she trembled on the day she was touched and broken 
      G                  C   D 
Ah, Marie was born again 



        G           C 
And the ship comes 'round 
          Am             D 
And she's waiting at the harbour 
      G               C 
Be prepared to get on board 
          D 
Ah, be prepared 
        G             C 
I never knew that the light of ages 
Am            D 
Breaks away before us 
      Em  D      G 
Sail away, sail away 


Instrumental: Em  D   (4x) 


                G       C    Am     D 
All ears to the trawler band in the evenings 
      G              C           D 
Forty grands and the spirits run wild 
                G              C           Am   D 
The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking 
    G                           C   D 
The sea had claimed their lives 


                   C     D                 Em 
There's peat smoke rising from the village chimneys 
              Bm      C                   D 
You take your chances with the red haired girl 
                         G           C    Am      D 
All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour 
     G                   C      D 
That night in a changing world 



        G           C 
And the ship comes 'round 
          Am             D 
And she's waiting at the harbour 
      G               C 
Be prepared to get on board 
      D 
Be prepared 
        G             C 
I never knew that the light of ages 
Am            D 
Breaks away before us 
      Em  D      G 
Sail away, sail away 


OUTRO: Em  D   (## repeat about 12x and fade to end ##)