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Ship Of Fools Tab by The Doors

Ship Of Fools tab by The Doors

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the tab is the guitar and keyboard parts mixed together,
thats the only way to play this song on guitar and have it sound right
for the verse parts listen to the keyboard


           "SHIP OF FOOLS"  by The Doors


bass intro:
|-----7-----5-|----7-7----5-7-|
|--------7----|--------7------|
|--5----------|-5-------------|
|-------------|---------------|this is repeated three more times until

 the human race was dying out
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2-------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2-------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3-------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4-------------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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no one left to scream and shout
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3--1-----------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4--2-----------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

people walking on the moon
e|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--4--4--7-7-7-7---------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--5--5--9-9-9-9---------------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

smog will get you pretty soon
e|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|
B|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|
G|--6--6--6--6--11--11--11--11---|
D|--7--7--7--7--12--12--12--12---|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

 everyone was hanging out
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4------------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

hanging up and hanging down
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0--------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0--------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3--1--------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4--2--------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

hanging in and holding fast
e|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--4--4--7-7-7-7---------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--5--5--9-9-9-9---------------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

hope our little world will last
e|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6--6--6--11--11--11--11---|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7--7--7--7--12--12--12--12---|---------12---------12---------12----------12------------12-|
A|-------------------------------|-12-h-14----12-h-14----12-h-14-----12-h-14-----12-h--14-----|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
D|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
A|--5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

lead guitar over the part above goes(with vibrato)
e|--2~~~~-3--5--3--2~~~~~------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------9b-----7---------|
D|----------------------------------9-----9------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Yeah, along came Mr. Goodtrips Looking for a new a ship
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Come on, people better climb on board
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Come on, baby, now we're going home
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Ship of fools, ship of fools
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

 (solo goes over this)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
D|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
A|--5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
D|--7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10---7--9--10-------|
A|--5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8----5--7--8--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9--9--------|
D|------9--9--5--5--7--7--9--9--------|
A|------9--9--5--5--7--7--7--7--------|
E|------7--7--3--3--5--5--------------|



 the human race was dying out
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3-----------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4-----------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

no one left to scream and shout
e|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--5---5--3--5--3--2--0-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--6---6--4--6--4--3--1-----------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--7---7--5--7--5--4--2-----------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

people walking on the moon
e|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|--3--3--7-7-7-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|--4--4--7-7-7-7---------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|--5--5--9-9-9-9---------------|
A|--0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2---0-h-2-----|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|

smog will get you pretty soon
e|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|
B|--5--5--5--5--10--10--10--10---|
G|--6--6--6--6--11--11--11--11---|
D|--7--7--7--7--12--12--12--12---|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

ship of foools ship of fools
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5---------|
D|----7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5---------|
A|----5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|(repeat until fadeout)


woo! and thats all, hope this helps, i just figured it out last night finally
keep rockin! LIVE ON THE DOORS! this is one of my favorite songs, along with Land Ho!
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