Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm (x4)
Verse 1:
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I came to this world in a seaside town
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
where the water could cool your broken body out
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I learned you can rise over the cards in your hand
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Mama was a woman and a hard-workin' man
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Now everyone I know had to make their own bed
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Try to do as good as their fathers did for them
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I never knew mine so I bandaged the hurt
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I pretended that my daddy was a bank robber
Pre-Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm FF
Say ooh-ooh-ooh (s-s-say)
FF G+G A minorAm
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh but you, you always said,
C majorC G+G FF
"you're just too good a ship to wreck."
A minorAm
You said, "never mind nothin',
FF
there's a summertime humming
C majorC G+G
once the bandages come off."
FF G+G A minorAm
Yes, and you always believed
C majorC G+G FF
there was some kind of diamond in me
A minorAm FF
Oh but if you still burn every night in the hurt,
C majorC G+G
I know a place where the pain doesn't reach
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Come wander with me
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Come wander with me
Verse 2:
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Now I tried to believe but it's so hard to know
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
How to do right, Rudy, with the seeds that we've sown
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
But the voices are loud and the miles are long
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
And heroes are a hard thing to find when you're gone
Pre-Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm FF
So say ooh-ooh-ooh (s-say)
FF G+G A minorAm
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh but you, you always said,
C majorC G+G FF
"you're just too good a ship to wreck."
A minorAm
You said, "never mind nothin',
FF
there's a summertime humming
C majorC G+G
once the bandages come off."
FF G+G A minorAm
Yes, and you always believed
C majorC G+G FF
there was some kind of diamond in me
A minorAm FF
Oh but if you still burn every night in the hurt,
C majorC G+G
I know a place where the pain doesn't reach
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Come wander with me
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Come wander with me
Bridge:
A minorAm
Now I hope the things that trouble me,
G+G
they don't catch you or put you on your knees
C majorC FF
But I found out time and work don't make you a man
A minorAm
Because time didn't teach me anything,
G+G
and the working only broke my hands
C majorC FF
And when someday came I did not understand
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
U-understand,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
understand
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh but you, you always said,
C majorC FF
"you're just too good a ship to wreck."
A minorAm
You said, "never mind nothin',
FF
there's a summertime humming
C majorC G+G
once the bandages come off."
FF G+G A minorAm
Yes, and you always believed
C majorC G+G FF
there was some kind of diamond in me
A minorAm FF
Oh but if you still burn every night in the hurt,
C majorC G+G
I know a place where the pain doesn't reach
C majorC
Come wander with me
Outro:
C majorC G+G
(It's hard to sleep, I can bring you a dream,
A minorAm FF
my baby, come wander with me)
C majorC
Come wander with me (it's hard to sleep,
G+G
I can bring you a dream,
A minorAm FF
my baby, come wander with me)
C majorC
Come wander with me (it's hard to sleep,
G+G
I can bring you a dream,
A minorAm FF
my baby, come wander with me)
C majorC
Come wander with me (it's hard to sleep,
G+G
I can bring you a dream,
A minorAm FF
my baby, come wander with me)
C majorC
Just past the door