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There Is No Ship by Rose Betts

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Capo

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Intermediate 💪

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Key: G#m

Intro:

Em
There is no ship
         D/F#    Em
That can bear me hence
    G/C
I'm bound to these shores
D/F#* Em* D/F#            Em
I'll  be  bound 'till the end
       Em
For my tears fill the rain
       D/F#            Em
And my blood fills the dark
       C/G
Oh and there is no ship
         D/F#     Em
That can carry my heart

[Interlude]
Em  D/F#  Em
C/G D/F* Em*
D/F#  Em

Verse:
    Em
I'm built out of dew drops
    D/F#        C/G
And bramble and briar
  C                 D/F#* Em*
I sing with the blackbird
    D/F#           Em
And dance with the fire
   Em
My hands hold the secret
    D/F#        C/G
The acorn can't tell
   C
My body the hillside
     Am G   D/F# Em
That echoes the bell, and

Chorus:
Em
There is no ship
         D/F#    Em
That can bear me hence
    G/C
I'm bound to these shores
D/F#* Em* D/F#            Em
I'll  be  bound 'till the end
       Em
For my tears fill the rain
       D/F#            Em
And my blood fills the dark
       C/G
Oh and there is no ship
         D/F#     Em
That can carry my heart

[Interlude]
Em  D/F#  Em
C/G D/F* Em*
D/F#  Em

Verse:
     Em
This land is my bloodline
   D/F#         C/G
My breakfast my bed
     C
I've slept in her arms
D/F#* Em* D/F#           Em
While she breathed on my head
      Em
She's caught in my voice
        D/F#       C/G
And she colours my view
    C
She gave me the road
         N.C.
Then she gave me to you, and

Chorus:
Em
There is no ship
         D/F#    Em
That can bear me hence
    G/C
I'm bound to these shores
D/F#* Em* D/F#            Em
I'll  be  bound 'till the end
       Em
For my tears fill the rain
       D/F#            Em
And my blood fills the dark
       C/G
Oh and there is no ship
         D/F#     Em
That can carry my heart

[Interlude]
Em  D/F#  Em
C/G D/F* Em*
D/F#  Em (x2)

Bridge:
Em
Am gui im moor
Em
Am ton trechan
C/G
Am fuam mara
             B7
Am dam shert newert

Chorus:
Em
There is no ship
         D/F#    Em
That can bear me hence
    G/C
I'm bound to these shores
D/F#* Em* D/F#            Em
I'll  be  bound 'till the end
       Em
For my tears fill the rain
       D/F#            Em
And my blood fills the dark
       C/G
Oh and there is no ship
         D/F#     Em
That can carry my (heart)

Outro:
Em          N.C.
There is no ship
Em          N.C.
There is no ship
C/G                       D/F#     Em
There is no ship that can carry my heart (x2)