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A Passing Ship Chords

by Gordon Lightfoot
KeyG Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays646

A Passing Ship by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C/G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro: G    C/G    G    C/G   G 

verse 1: 
               C/G                    G  
A passing ship, I have found the open ocean  
               C/G                           G    D 
Give me no lip, the waves roll by as I press on  
             C/G                  G       D 
A sunlit sea, on the first day in April  
                   C/G                        G     
How fresh the wind, will you miss me when I'm gone 


verse 2: 
               C/G                     G  
How many words, how many songs still unwritten  
              C/G                        G     D 
How many ships of the line have come and gone  
                     C/G                   G       D 
In the good old days, may they never be forgotten  
                   C/G                     G     
They had heavy wind or they had no wind at all 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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