I Saw Three Ships Chords

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I Saw Three Ships by Glen Campbell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D#. It uses the chords D#, Fm, Bb7, Cm, Bb, G# and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D#
Text
16
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Intro  D#  Fm  D#  Fm  D#  Fm  D#  Bb7 



  D#        Fm         D#      Fm 
I saw three ships come sailing in 
   Cm        Fm     Bb        Bb7 
On Christmas Day on Christmas Day 
  D#        Fm         D#      Fm 
I saw three ships come sailing in 
   Cm        Fm         Bb D#   Fm  D# Bb7 
On Christmas Day in the morning 

verse 1 

    D#       Fm       D#        Fm 
And what was in those ships all three 
   Cm        Fm     Bb        Bb7 
On Christmas day on Christmas day 
    D#       Fm       D#        Fm 
And what was in those ships all three 
   Cm        Fm          Bb  D#  Fm D# Bb7 
On Christmas day in  the morning 

verse 2 

    D#     Fm       D#          Bb7 
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there 
   Cm        Fm     Bb        D# 
On Christmas day on Christmas day 
    D#     Fm       D#          Fm 
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there 
   Cm        Fm         Bb7  D#  Bb7  D# 
On Christmas day in the morning  

Riff  Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Fm D# Bb7 D# Bb7   

D# Bb7 D# Bb7 Cm Fm Bb7 D# Bb7 D# Bb7 Cm Fm Bb7 D# 

Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Fm Bb7 D# Bb7 D#  

Outro 

            Fm         D#      Fm 
I saw three ships come sailing in 
   Cm        Fm     Bb        Bb7 
On Christmas Day on Christmas Day 
    D#     Fm       D#          Fm 
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there 
   Cm        Fm         Bb  D#   Bb7 
On Christmas day in the morning  

Riff  Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Cm G# D# Fm Bb7 D# Fm Gm G#  

   Cm        Fm         Bb  D#   Bb7 D# Bb7 D# G# D# 
On Christmas day in the morning  

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God Bless Glen Travis Campbell 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante