Wooden Ships Chords by Jefferson Airplane

Tempo:
133.5 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

Em

C

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships chords
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[G]
[F] [Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[D] [Am]
[Em] If you smile at me, you know [Am] I will understand, cause [Em] that is something everybody, everywhere
does in the [Am] same language.
[Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[Am] [Em] Well I can see by your coat my friend, that you're [Am] from the other side.
[Em] There's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell [F] me [Em] please, who I am?
[Am]
[Em]
[Am]
[Em] Must try some of my purple berries, [Am]
[F] I've been eating [Em] them for six or seven weeks now, [Am] haven't
got sick [Dm] once.
Probably [Em] keep us both alive.
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[A]
[D] [F] [C]
[E]
Wooden ships on the [A] water, very [D] free, [E]
easy you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, [D] we must be, [C] very free [E] indeed.
Sail [F#] away [C] where the morning sun [Em] goes [Bm] high, [C]
[Em]
sail away where the [C] wind blows sweet, [Bm]
young birds fly.
[C]
[D]
[Bm] Take a [A] sister [C]
by her hand, [D]
lead her far from this barren [C] land.
[D] [E]
For a princess [A] as we watch [D] you [G] die, [E]
all we can do is [A] echo your [D] anguished cry, [E]
spare us
all your [A] human
[D] feelings die, [C] we are leaving [E] you don't need us.
[C]
[Bm]
[C]
[E]
[Bm] [C]
[D]
[E]
Oh take a [A] sister by [D] her [G] [E] hand, lead her far from [A] this [D]
barren land, [E]
we'll [A] not laugh [D] again,
[C] we are [Am] leaving you don't [E] need us.
[D] [C]
[Bm]
[C]
[Em]
[C]
[E]
[C]
[E]
[C]
[Bm]
[C]
[Bm] [F#]
[Bm] [C]
[Em]
[D] [C]
[E]
[C]
[Em]
[C]
[D]
[E] Sailing ships on the [A] water, [D] very free, [E] easy you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, we [D] must [C] be, very free [Bm] indeed.
[G] [C]
[D]
[Em] [E]
[A] [D]
[E]
[A] [D]
[G] [E]
[A] [D]
[E]
[D] [G]
[E]
[D] [Em]
[E] [D] [Em]
[E] [D]
[E] [Em]
[E] [D] [E]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
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To jam and learn Jefferson Airplane - (Remastered) Wooden Ships chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: D, E, A, D, Am, Em and Am. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 66 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 134 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: E Minor.

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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] If you smile at me, you know [Am] I will understand, cause [Em] that is something everybody, everywhere
does in the [Am] same language.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] Well I can see by your coat my friend, that you're [Am] from the other _ side.
[Em] There's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell [F] me _ _ [Em] please, who I _ am?
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] Must try some of my purple berries, [Am] _
[F] I've been eating [Em] them for six or seven weeks now, [Am] haven't
got sick [Dm] once.
Probably [Em] keep us both _ alive.
_ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _
Wooden ships on the [A] water, very [D] free, _ [E] _
easy you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to _ be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, [D] we must be, [C] _ very _ free _ [E] indeed.
Sail [F#] away [C] where the morning sun _ [Em] goes [Bm] high, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
sail away where the [C] wind blows sweet, _ [Bm] _
young birds fly.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] Take a [A] sister [C] _
by her hand, _ [D] _
lead her far from this barren _ [C] land. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
For a princess [A] as we watch [D] you [G] die, [E] _
all we can do is [A] echo your [D] anguished cry, [E] _ _
spare us
all your [A] human _
[D] feelings die, [C] we are leaving [E] you don't need _ _ us.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _
Oh take a [A] sister by [D] her [G] _ _ _ [E] hand, lead her far from [A] this [D]
barren land, [E] _ _ _
_ we'll [A] not laugh [D] _ again,
[C] we are [Am] leaving you don't [E] need us.
_ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Sailing ships on the [A] water, [D] very _ free, [E] _ easy you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to _ be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, we [D] must _ [C] be, very _ free [Bm] indeed.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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This song was authored by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Paul Kantner.

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