Wooden Ships (Remastered) Chords

Tempo:
90.175 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

Em

C

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Wooden Ships (Remastered) chords
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[G]
[F] [Em]
[Am] [F] [G]
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [Bm]
[G] [Em] [Am] [G]
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [Em] [D]
[Am] [Em] If you smile at me, you know [Am] I will understand, cause that is [G] something everybody, everywhere
[Em] does in the [Am] same language.
[Em]
[Am] [Em]
[Dm] [Em]
You're [C] from the other [F] [Em] side, it's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell [F] me [Em] please who won?
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [Em] You won.
You must try some of my purple berries, I've [F] been eating them [Em] for six or seven weeks now,
haven't got [Am] sick [Dm] once, probably [Em] keep us both alive.
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [Dm] [C]
[E] Wooden ships on the water, [A]
[D] very free, [E] easy, you know [A] the way it's supposed [D] to be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, we [D] must be.
[C] You're from the other side, it's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell me please
you know the way it's supposed to be?
Wooden ships on the water, very free, easy, we're not selfish, now you can see me, bleary
[E] freeing, sailing [F#] away where [C] the morning sun goes.
[Bm]
[Em]
[A] Sailing away [C] where the wind blows [Em] sweet, [Bm] long birds fly.
[C] [Bm]
Take a sister, [C] by her [Em] hand, [D]
lead her far from this barren land.
[C]
[D] [E] Horror grips [A] us as we watch [D] you die
[E] All we can do is [A] echo your [D] anguished cry
[E] Swear as all your [A] human [D] feelings die
[C] We are leaving, [E] you don't need [Bm] us
[C] [Bm]
[C] [E]
[Bm] [C] [D]
[E] Don't take a [A] sister by [D] her [G] [E] hand
[A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [C] We are [Am] leaving, you [Em] don't need us
[C] [Bm]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Bm]
[C] [E]
[C] [Bm]
[C] [Bm]
[F#] [C] [Em]
[A] [Bm] [C] [E]
[C] [Bm]
[Em] [C] [D]
Sailing [E]
ships on the [A] water [D] very free
[E]
Easy, you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to [E] be
So help me put on the [A] show that we [D] must [C] be
Very free [Bm] and [G] gone
[C] [D]
[G] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [D]
[E] [D]
[G] [E] [D] [Em]
[D] [E] [Em] [E]
[D] [E] [D] [E] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
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To start learning Jefferson Airplane - (Remastered) Wooden Ships chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - D, E, A and D in sequence. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 45 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 90 BPM. Given the song's key of E Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] If you smile at me, you know [Am] I will understand, cause that is [G] something everybody, everywhere
[Em] does in the [Am] same language.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
You're [C] from the other [F] _ [Em] side, it's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell [F] me [Em] please who won?
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] You won.
You must try some of my purple berries, I've [F] been eating them [Em] for six or seven weeks now,
haven't got [Am] sick [Dm] once, probably [Em] keep us both alive.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] Wooden ships on the water, [A]
[D] very free, _ [E] easy, you know [A] the way it's supposed [D] to be, [E] silver
people on the [A] shoreline, we [D] must be.
[C] You're from the other side, it's just one thing I've got to know, can you tell me please
you know the way it's supposed to be?
Wooden ships on the water, very free, easy, we're not selfish, now you can see me, bleary
_ [E] freeing, sailing [F#] away where [C] the morning sun goes.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[A] Sailing away [C] where the wind blows [Em] sweet, [Bm] long birds fly.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Take a sister, [C] by her [Em] hand, [D] _
lead her far from this barren land.
[C] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ Horror grips [A] us as we watch [D] you die
[E] All we can do is [A] echo your [D] anguished cry
[E] _ Swear as all your [A] human [D] feelings die
[C] We are leaving, [E] you don't need [Bm] us
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ Don't take a [A] sister by [D] her [G] _ [E] hand
_ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] We are [Am] leaving, you [Em] don't need us
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[F#] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Sailing _ _ _ _ [E] _
ships on the [A] water [D] very free
[E]
Easy, you know the [A] way it's supposed [D] to [E] be
So help me put on the [A] show that we [D] must [C] be
Very free [Bm] and [G] gone
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _

Facts about this song

This song was featured on the Volunteers album.

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