Chords for The Sherpas: Ships (September 2011, Uncle Calvin's)

[N] I like to say, you know, Uncle Calvin's is the gold standard, you know.
_ On the road [D] somebody will say, hey, is that _ a gig I should play, you know, and talk about [Dm] some other gig, you know.
I'll say, yeah, it's a nice gig.
_ [Em] _
There's no Uncle [B] Calvin's.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ You know what I love about y [Em]'all?
I can tell [B] the same joke every [A] time.
_ _ _ _ That's what you call [C] polite [B] laughter, right?
_ _ [Em] We don't want to hurt his feelings, we're just going to laugh a little bit. _ _ _
_ [C] _ So we had hooked up [Bb] with a good group of [G] friends of mine who were whitewater kayakers.
And _ they took [D] us, ended up, after [Bb] a few lessons, took [G] us around [F] the world to run [D] some runs.
_ _ _ So this is a song about risks and chance. _ _ _ _
It's called Ships.
_ Yes. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
While _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ it's quiet on the water, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wind [G] across the sand, _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] whispers [D] through our [A] quarters, _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ that the morning's closing.
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Our love's [A] in perfect [D] order, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as we fold our _ [G] sails in sleep. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But the moon [D] is falling, the [A] star burned, [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] we have [D] promises to _ keep. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We rest here while [G] we can, _ _ _ but we [A] hear the ocean _ calling in [D] our ears. _
We know [G] by the morning, _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] wind will fill our sails to test [D] the sea. _ _
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Calm is on [G] the water, _
_ _ _ [A] _ part of us would linger [Bm] by the shore. _ _
Ships [G] are safe and hard, _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
but that's not what ships [D] are for.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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So we head for low river _ [D]
waters, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ set a course for a [G] distant _ _ _ land.
[D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ Out here [D] there are no [A] borders, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and the truth [D] is in the _ _ _ gypsies. _ _
_ _ We fill our sails with fire, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ find direction in the [G] _
_ _ stars. _ _ _ _
_ Pray the [D] dark and deep [A]
won't hurt _ [D] us, _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ sail with open [D] _
_ arms. _ _ _ _ _
_ We rest here [G] while we can, _ _ _ but [A] we hear the ocean calling [D] in our dreams.
_ We know by [G] the morning, _ _ _ _ _ wind will fill [A] our sails to test [D] the sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Calm is on the [G] water, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
part of us would linger by [Bm] the shore.
_ _ Ships are [G] _
safe and hard, _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ but that's not what [Bm] ships are [A] for. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Ships [D] are safe [Em] and hard, but _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ that's not what [D] ships are for. _ _ _
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