Ships Of Cortez chords by Jake Scott

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
 DbDb
Sand on her shoes
    AbAb
Finally reach the shore
DbDb  AbAb    DbDb
After miles of blue
 FF       AbAb
Standing at the door
DbDb     F minorFm
We were fearless in dreams
     AbAb              DbDb
Now we're here, now we see the fight before us
           Eb MajorEb
And you say this is hopeless

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
But I say
 DbDb      AbAb
Come on, get living
 AbAb
The past is the past, there's no going back now
 AbAb            F minorFm   AbAb
Don't wanna miss this, it's time to let go
AbAb
Of that moment you're chasing
AbAb
We're here now, we've made it
AbAb                Eb MajorEb
Come on, just light the match in turn
  N.C.
And watch the ships burn


Post-Chorus:
DbDb        AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh
AbAb        F minorFm     AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh oh


Verse 2:
AbAb      DbDb
I'm tired of talking
       AbAb
I'm ready to begin
DbDb     AbAb     DbDb
I might be crazy for leaving
          AbAb  DbDb
But brother, I'm all in
   F minorFm
Open doors, pounding chests
       AbAb
The choice is yours, all that's left
      DbDb                  Eb MajorEb
Is walking through it, and you say that you can't do it

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
But I say
 DbDb      AbAb
Come on, get living
 AbAb
The past is the past, there's no going back now
 AbAb            F minorFm   AbAb
Don't wanna miss this, it's time to let go
AbAb
Of that moment you're chasing
AbAb
We're here now, we've made it
AbAb                Eb MajorEb
Come on, just light the match in turn
 Eb MajorEb           DbDb
And watch the ships burn

Post-Chorus:
DbDb        AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh
AbAb        F minorFm     AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh oh


Bridge:
   BbmBbm
Open doors, pounding chests
        F minorFm
The choice is yours, all that's left
      DbDb                  Eb MajorEb
Is walking through it, and you say that you can't do it
Eb MajorEb
But I say
     BbmBbm
We were fearless in dreams
     F minorFm             DbDb
Now we're here, now we see the fight before us
             Eb MajorEb
And I know that it's not hopeless


Chorus:
AbAb
Come on, get living
AbAb
The past is the past, there's no going back now
              BbmBbm   AbAb
Don't wanna miss this, it's time to let go
     DbDb      AbAb
Of that moment you're chasing
AbAb
We're here now, we've made it
                 Eb MajorEb
Come on, just light the match in turn
           DbDb
And watch the ships burn


Outro:
DbDb  AbAb     F minorFm  AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh
DbDb  AbAb     F minorFm  AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh
AbAb
Oh, watch the ships burn
AbAb   F minorFm    AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh
AbAb
Oh oh oh (oh oh), oh oh oh oh oh
AbAb
Oh, watch the ships burn