Burn The Ships chords by Steven Curtis Chapman

• Capo on 2nd

Burn the Ships
Steven Curtis Chapman

Capo 2

Intro:
| D D A G | (2x)
| G | A | Bm | (4x)

Verse 1:
G    A    Bm  G     A     Bm
In the spring of 1519 a Spanish fleet set sail
G   A    Bm      C
Cortez told his sailors this mission must not fail
    G    A    Bm   G      A     Bm
On the eastern shore of Mexico they landed with great dreams
    G     A   Bm    C
But the hardships of the new world made them restless and weak
G    A  Bm          G      A    D
Quietly they whispered, lets sail back to the life we knew
Em       F#m        G
But the one who led them there was saying

Chorus:
     D   G       Bm
Burn the ships, we're here to stay
      Em       F#m
There's no way we could go back
        G        A
Now that we've come this far by faith
     D   G       Em     Em
Burn the ships, we've past the point of no return
      F#m
Our life is here
  G    A   D   G    D   G  G
So let the ships burn, Let ‘em burn

Verse 2:
G        A  Bm      G     A     Bm
In the spring of new beginnings a searching heart set sail
G    A   Bm       C
Looking for a new life and a love that would not fail
    G     A     Bm    G   A     Bm
On the shores of grace and mercy we landed with great joy
    G  A   Bm     C
But an ene-my was waiting to steal, kill and dest-roy
  G   A   Bm      G      A    D
And quiet-ly he whispers, go back to the life you knew
Em       F#m        G
But the one who led us here is saying

Chorus:
     D   G       Bm
Burn the ships, we're here to stay
      Em       F#m
There's no way we could go back
        G        A
Now that we've come this far by faith
     D   G       Em     Em
Burn the ships, we've past the point of no return
      F#m
Our life is here
  G    A   D
So let the ships burn
D
Nobody said it would be easy
Em       F#m
But the one who brought us here
Bb        C    D
Is never gonna leave us alone

Instrumental:
G D G D G G G G

Chorus:
     D   G       Bm
Burn the ships, we're here to stay
      Em       F#m
There's no way we could go back
        G        A
Now that we've come this far by faith
     D   G       Em     Em
Burn the ships, we've past the point of no return
      F#m
Our life is here
  G    A   D   G       Bm
So let the ships burn, we're here to stay
      Em       F#m
There's no way we could go back
        G        A
Now that we've come this far by faith
     D   G       Em     Em
Burn the ships, we've past the point of no return
      F#m
Our life is here
  G    A   D
So let the ships burn,
  G    A   D
So let the ships burn,
G    D
Let them burn
G    A   D  G D