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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[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]
[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:
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [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] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [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.
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