Windship Bass tab by Terry Carisse

Windship
by Terry Carise
Tabbed for bass (with guitar chords) by Michael Oxner (moxner@nbnet.nb.ca)


[INTRO] (a descending A scale on guitar matches the song for the 2-bar intro)
  A    A
G:----|----|
D:----|----|
A:----|----|
E:----|----|

[VERSE]
A
I sail the ocean waters
   A
My woman walks on sand
    D               A
Her hopes turn into empty dreams
    F#m           E
She tries to understand

     A
I've faced the winds and the summer storms
    A
And left them all behind
D                A
Windship take me to her
    E                       A
And I'll leave the sea this time

A    A    A    A    D    A    F#m  E    A    A    A    A    D    A    E    A    A
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|--2-|4---|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|----|2---|--2-|----|
0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0---|--4-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0-0-|--2-|0---|0-4-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|

[CHORUS]
    D
Oh, Windship dip beneath the waves
                   A
And part the ocean wide
A
Bend the mast and fill the sails
                       E
And catch the wind and fly

   A
My woman's love waits far away
    A
The east wind stirs the sea
D       C#m        Bm
Set the course and head for home
    E                 A
Oh, windship sail for me

D    D    D    A    A    A    A    E    A    A    A    A    D C#mBm   E    A    A
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|2---|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|
0---|0---|0---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0---|----|2---|--2-|-----|
--0-|--0-|--0-|0---|0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|0---|----|0---|0-4-|--4-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0024-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|

[BRIDGE]
  D C#mBm   Bm   E    A    A
G:----|----|----|----|----|----|
D:0---|----|----|2---|--2-|----|
A:--4-|2-2-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0-0-|
E:----|----|----|----|----|----|

[VERSE]
     A
I've seen the days of the ocean spray
    A
And felt the waves' caress
    D               A
The sea has been my mistress
    F#m              E
But today I love her less

    A
Her face came to my sleepless mind
    A
And lingered there for days
D                A
Windship take me to my love
            E             A
'Cause I've been too long away

A    A    A    A    D    A    F#m  E    A    A    A    A    D    A    E    A    A
----|----|2---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|--2-|4---|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|----|2---|--2-|----|
0---|0---|----|0-4-|----|0---|--4-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0-0-|--2-|0---|0-4-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|


[CHORUS] (play twice, then [CODA])
    D
Oh, Windship dip beneath the waves
                   A
And part the ocean wide
A
Bend the mast and fill the sails
                       E
And catch the wind and fly

   A
My woman's love waits far away
   A
An east wind stirs the sea
D       C#m        Bm
Set the course and head for home
    E                 A
Oh, windship sail for me

D    D    D    A    A    A    A    E    A    A    A    A    D C#mBm   E    A    A
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|
0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|--2-|0---|----|2---|--2-|-----|
--0-|--0-|----|0---|0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0---|--4-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0024-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|

[CODA]

D       C#m        Bm            Bm
Set the course and head for home
  E                 A
A windship sails for me

  D C#mBm   Bm   E    A    A
G:----|----|----|----|----|----|
D:0---|----|----|2---|--2-|----|
A:--4-|2-2-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0-0-|
E:----|----|----|----|----|-0--|