Chords with lyrics
Ships That Don t Come In
Joe Diffie
Capo 1
Intro:
G+G C/GC/G C minorCm G+G
G+G C/GC/G C minorCm G+G
Verse 1:
G+G
I could tell he'd had a tough life
C/GC/G
By the way he sat and stared
C majorC
And me, I'd come to push and shove
G+G
So I pulled up a chair
G+G
We talked of roads untraveled
C/GC/G
We talked of love untrue
C majorC
Of strings that come unraveled
G+G
We were kings and kindred fools
A minorAm
And just when I'd hit bottom
D MajorD
That old man raised his glass
A minorAm
And said at least we had our chances
D MajorD
There's those who never have
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD
So here's to all the soldiers
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Who have ever died in vain
A minorAm D MajorD
The insane locked up in themselves
G+G G+G - A minorAm - G/BG/B - C majorC
The homeless down on Main
C majorC D MajorD
To those who stand on empty shores
B minorBm C majorC C majorC - G/BG/B - A minorAm
And spit against the wind
A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC
And those who wait forever
G+G
For ships that don't come in
Instrumental:
G+G C/GC/G C minorCm G+G
Verse 2:
G+G
He said it's only life's illusions
C/GC/G
That bring us to this bar
C majorC
To pick up these old crutches
G+G
And compare each other's scars
G+G
'Cuz the things we're calling heartaches
C/GC/G
Hell, they're hardly worth our time
C majorC
We bitch about a dollar
G+G
When there's those without a dime.
A minorAm
And as he ordered one last round, he said
D MajorD C majorC - G/BG/B - A minorAm
I guess we can't complain
A minorAm
God made life a gamble
D MajorD
And we're still in the game.
[Repeat Chorus]
Tag:
A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC
And those who wait forever
G+G
For ships that don t come in