Tuning: Standard tuning Difficulty: novice VERSE: Am F Dm Am Don’t touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head Am F Dm Am Dredging of big white sharks, swimming in the bed Am F Dm Am And here comes a killer whale, send me to sleep Am F Dm Am Thrashing the covers off, has me by its teeth PRE-CHORUS: C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I said? C Dm Am F I can’t help but pull the earth around me to make my bed C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I did? C Dm Am F Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch? Did I build a ship to wreck?
CHORUS: Am G F Em Dm Am To wreck, to wreck Am G F Dm Am To wreck, did I build this ship to wreck? VERSE: Am F Dm Am What’s with the long face? Do you want more? Am F Dm Am Thousands of red-eyed mice, scratching at the door Am F Dm Am Don’t let the curtain catch you cause you’ve been here before Am F Dm Am The chair is an island, darling, you can’t touch the floor PRE-CHORUS: C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I said? C Dm Am F I can’t help but pull the earth around me to make my bed C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I did? C Dm Am F Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch? Did I build a ship to wreck? CHORUS: Am G F Em Dm Am To wreck, to wreck Am G F Dm Am To wreck, did I build this ship to wreck? INSTRUMENTAL: Am G F Em Dm Am x2 BRIDGE: F G Good God, the star, the skies Am F We are lost, into the breach we got tossed G Am And the world is coming in fast PRE-CHORUS: C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I said? C Dm Am F I can’t help but pull the earth around me to make my bed C Dm Am F And ah, my love remind me, what was it that I did? C Dm Am F Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch? Did I build a ship to wreck? CHORUS: Am G F Em Dm Am To wreck, to wreck Am G F Dm Am To wreck, did I build this ship to wreck? CHORUS: Am G F Em Dm Am To wreck, to wreck Am G F Dm Am To wreck, did I build this ship to wreck?
"Ship to Wreck" is the third single from Florence and the Machine's May 2015 album "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful". "Ship to Wreck" is the opening track of the album. "Ship to Wreck" was released on April 8, 2015.
"Ship to Wreck" is written by frontwoman Florence Welch and Kid Harpoon.