Ship of Stone Chords by Leslie Fish

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Once there was [G] a ship [D] of stone [Gm] that orbited [F] a mighty star
And [Dm] from it flew the [D] first [Bb] ship's crew, whose [F] children we [Gm] all are
_ [Bb] And no matter how [F] long we've drawn our track, [G] still over our [Dm] shoulder looking _ _ [D] back
_ _ _ [Gm] Through the hydrogen's hiss [F] and the [Fm] methane's _ _ _ [D] moan
_ Past the [G] polymer clouds of the dead [Eb] star's _ _ shrouds _
[F] All our roads run back [Eb] to the ship _ [F] _
[G] of [Dm] stone _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] There the first crew all [D] were made [Gm] and wakened from [F] _ unknowing sleep
By the [Gm] boundless sight of heaven's height and [Bb] the fires [C] on [Gm] the deep
[Bb] And no matter how [F] strange the forms we wear, [Gm] how warped and wild, [Dm] how rich and rare
_ _ [D] _ _ _ How [Gm]
changed we've [G] made the sea [F] we've [Dm] sown
_ _ _ [D] We are [F] blood of those [D] whose singing [Eb] _ _ rose _ from [Fm] the body of [Eb]
the ship [F] _ _ [Gm] of stone _
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_ _ _ [Gm] And [F] there our own ship's frames [D] were formed to grow [Gm] blue glowing [F] wings
[F] And spread them wide [D] to the farthest [Bb] tide where the last glowing beacon [Gm] _
sings
At [Bb] no matter how [F] tight the neptune knot of [Gm] our web where the wheel [Dm] of light is caught
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How [Gm] strange and lost, [Bb] how grand [Dm] they grow
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They [G] too [F] desire all [Eb] heaven's fire, _ _ _ [F] our companion [Dm] since [D] the ship [C] _ of [Gm] _
stone
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_ _ _ _ [F] Once there was a ship of [D] stone, clear [Gm] domed, broad hulled [F] and clean
Where the air shone [Gm] blue, whose hulls [Gm] burst blue, [Bb] whose decks [F] were growing [Gm] green
_ And [Bb] no matter [F] how odd these things may seem, [Gm] as badly made as [Dm] shards of green
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_ _ They [Gm] are not a dream [Bb] that you dream [F] _ _ alone
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_ [D] _ O [Gm] ships, [Bb] all men are of [Eb] one kin, _ _ _ _ _ [F] we shall not [Gm] forget the ship [F] _ of [G] stone
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