When The Ship Comes In chords by The Clancy Brothers

Chords with lyrics

C majorC       E minorEm      FF     C majorC
Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop
     A minorAm     FF      C majorC
And the breeze will cease to be breathin'
     C majorC        E minorEm       FF    C majorC
Like the stillness in the wind 'fore the hurricane begins
   C majorC      FF   G+G  C majorC
The hour when the ship comes in.

     E minorEm           FF    C majorC
And the seas will split and the ship will hit
     E minorEm      FF         C majorC
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking
     C majorC     E minorEm       FF     C majorC
Then the tide will sound and the waves will pound
     C majorC   FF   G+G   C majorC
And the morning will be breaking.

    C majorC      E minorEm      FF       C majorC
Oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path
     A minorAm    FF     C majorC
And the seagulls they'll be smiling
     C majorC      E minorEm    FF    C majorC
And the rocks on the sand will proudly stand
   C majorC       FF   G+G  C majorC
The hour that the ship comes in.

     E minorEm             FF      C majorC
And the words that are used for to get the ship confused
   E minorEm      FF        C majorC
Will not be understood as they're spoken
     E minorEm             FF       C majorC
For the chains of the sea will have busted in the night
    C majorC       FF      G+G  C majorC
And be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

   C majorC     E minorEm      FF    C majorC
Oh a song will lift as the mainsail shifts
     A minorAm     FF     C majorC
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline
     C majorC     E minorEm      FF      C majorC
And the sun will respect every face on the deck
   C majorC       FF   G+G  C majorC
The hour that the ship comes in.

     E minorEm           FF    C majorC
Then the sands will roll out a carpet of gold
     E minorEm  FF       C majorC
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
     C majorC     E minorEm     FF       C majorC
And the ship's wise men will remind you once again
     C majorC      FF    G+G  C majorC
That the whole wide world is watchin'.


Harmonica Break

    C majorC     E minorEm       FF          C majorC
Oh the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes
       A minorAm       FF           C majorC
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'
       C majorC          E minorEm        FF         C majorC
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal and they'll know that it's for real
   C majorC       FF   G+G  C majorC
The hour that the ship comes in.

       E minorEm               FF       C majorC
Then they'll raise their hands sayin' we'll meet all your demands
      E minorEm       FF         C majorC
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered
      C majorC    E minorEm        FF       C majorC
And like Pharaoh's tribe they'll be drownded in the tide
    C majorC     FF    G+G   C majorC