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Ships That Don't Come In chords by Joe Diffie

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Ships That Don t Come In
Joe Diffie

Capo 1


Intro:
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G   Chord diagramC minorCm   Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC/GC/G   Chord diagramC minorCm   Chord diagramG+G


Verse 1:

         Chord diagramG+G
I could tell he'd had a tough life
        Chord diagramC/GC/G
By the way he sat and stared
    Chord diagramC majorC
And me, I'd come to push and shove
   Chord diagramG+G
So I pulled up a chair
     Chord diagramG+G
We talked of roads untraveled
     Chord diagramC/GC/G
We talked of love untrue
     Chord diagramC majorC
Of strings that come unraveled
         Chord diagramG+G
We were kings and kindred fools
     Chord diagramA minorAm
And just when I'd hit bottom
      Chord diagramD MajorD
That old man raised his glass
             Chord diagramA minorAm
And said at least we had our chances
          Chord diagramD MajorD
There's those who never have


Chorus:

    Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
So here's to all the soldiers
          Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minorEm
Who have ever died in vain
     Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramD MajorD
The insane locked up in themselves
       Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramG+G - Chord diagramA minorAm - Chord diagramG/BG/B - Chord diagramC majorC
The homeless down on Main
     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramD MajorD
To those who stand on empty shores
     Chord diagramB minorBm                Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG/BG/B - Chord diagramA minorAm
And spit against the wind
     Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramG/BG/B     Chord diagramC majorC
And those who wait forever
                           Chord diagramG+G
For ships that don't come in
Instrumental:

Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC/GC/G  Chord diagramC minorCm  Chord diagramG+G


Verse 2:

              Chord diagramG+G
He said it's only life's illusions
      Chord diagramC/GC/G
That bring us to this bar
    Chord diagramC majorC
To pick up these old crutches
       Chord diagramG+G
And compare each other's scars
           Chord diagramG+G
'Cuz the things we're calling heartaches
               Chord diagramC/GC/G
Hell, they're hardly worth our time
    Chord diagramC majorC
We bitch about a dollar
               Chord diagramG+G
When there's those without a dime.
            Chord diagramA minorAm
And as he ordered one last round, he said
    Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG/BG/B - Chord diagramA minorAm
I guess we can't complain
Chord diagramA minorAm
God made life a gamble
      Chord diagramD MajorD
And we're still in the game.


[Repeat Chorus]


Tag:

     Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramG/BG/B     Chord diagramC majorC
And those who wait forever
                          Chord diagramG+G
For ships that don t come in

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