Ships Chords by Big Country

Look [Em] at him now, _ _ _ _
_ [D] another [G] used [C] man
_ [G] _
Wearing [B] [C] the passing [G] of his dignity
[Am] With all the courage [C] that he came _ _
He stood in [Em] the storm, _ _ _ _
[D] carved [G] out in stone
[C] [G] He said, I [Bm] wore [C] my honesty [G] with pride in [Am] everything I've [G] done
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Am] [G] So where were you, when [C] my ship [G] went [D] down?
[Em] Where were you, [C] when I _ [G] moved [C] around?
[G] Where were you, when [C] I turned [G] it [D] around?
[A] Where were [C] you, when they burned me [G] down?
Where were you, when [C] my [G] ship went down?
[Em] Where were you, when I [C]
dragged it [G] around?
Where go you when [C] I turn [G] it around?
[Em] Where go you [C] when Niggi burned [G] me down?
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Look at [Em] her now _ _
Oh, tired [G] and worn
_ [C] [G] She _ _ [Bm] never [C] thought her life [G] would come to be [A] so cold
I [D] soon know
_ _ [C] _
She walked [Em] in the light _ _
[F#m] Fought bondage [G] for love
_ [Am] She [G]
said [Bm] I can't [C] stop the change that I [G] was born with
But [Am] it never was [G] enough
_ [C] Where [G] _ _
_ _ you when [C] my ship [G] went down?
[Em] Where go you when [C] I [G] wreck it around?
Where go you when [C] I turn [G] it around?
[Em] Where go you when [C] Niggi burned [G] me down?
[C] Silent souls [Em] washed up on the shore
[G] Left to walk the sands [C] evermore _ _ _ [D] _ Evermore
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Look [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ at [Em] us now _
_ _ _ [C#] Just a-chasing [G] our lives
_ [C] _ [G] _ [Bm] Meek like [C] the saviors [G] of the planet
[Am] We're just trying [D] to get by _ _
[C] _ You may [Em] walk the line _
Now you [F#m] may see it all [G] through _
I _ [Bm] know you [C] cry yourself [G] to sleep
[Em] But now you're [Am] just wondering what [G] to _ do
[C]
Where _ _ [G] _ you when my ship went down?
[Em] Where go you when [C] I wreck it [G] around?
Where you when [C] I turn [G] it around?
[Em] Where go you when [C] Niggi burned [G] me down?
Where were you when [C] my ship [G] went down?
[Em] Where go you when [C] I wreck [G] it around?
Where go you when [C] I turn [G] it around?
[Em] Where were you when [C] you burned [G] me down?
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] I'm telling you, _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] when [Em] that ship went down
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ When that _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ ship [C] went down
I'm telling [G] _ you, _ _ [C] when [G] that ship _ [Em] _ went _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ down
[C] I'm _ [G] telling _ _ you, [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] when that ship went down
Where were you when [C] my ship [G] went down?
[Em] Where could you when [C] I dragged [G] it home?
_ Where could you when [C] I turned [G] it [Em] around?
Where were you [C] when they burned [G] me down?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
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