The Ship Chords
by Runrig
The Ship by Runrig is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, G, C, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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