A Passing Ship chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - A Passing Ship


CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO:: G  C/G  G  C/G  G

VERSE 1::
        C/G          G
A passing ship, I have found the open ocean
        C/G              G  D
Give me no lip, the waves roll by as I press on
       C/G         G    D
A sunlit sea, on the first day in April
          C/G            G
How fresh the wind, will you miss me when I'm gone

VERSE 2::
        C/G           G
How many words, how many songs still unwritten
       C/G            G   D
How many ships of the line have come and gone
           C/G          G    D
In the good old days, may they never be forgotten
          C/G           G
They had heavy wind or they had no wind at all


INSTRUMENTAL:: G D  F C  G


VERSE 3::
        C/G          G
A passing ship, it is midnight on the ocean
           C/G           G    D
Had a real long trip, I have been at sea all winter
           C/G         G   D
When my ship came in, I was giving up the ghost
          C/G              G
I think I should be leaving those passing ships alone


VERSE 4::
            C/G             G
When the sea runs high, the sea runs wild and I'm unsteady
          C/G               G    D
And I think of you, in the warmth of your home and family
         C/G          G    D
When love is true, there is no truer occupation
         C/G           G
And may this gale, blow us to the ones we love


VERSE 5::
      C/G   G
Another day, another ocean
        C/G             G  D
Give me no lip, but stand aside as I press on
       C/G          G   D
A sunlit sea, on the last day in October
          C/G            G   D
How fresh the wind, will you miss me from now on
          C/G           G
I guess I should be leaving passing ships alone