The Ship chords by Runrig

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Runrig - The Ship

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INTRO: Em D (4x)

  G      C         Am D
I awoke in the dust of an autumn morning
   G          C         D
Faces oil-lit and kneeling 'round the family chairs
    G      C           Am D
I never knew that a heart could take such filling
G         C   D
Spaces everywhere, everywhere

CHORUS:
    G      C
And the ship comes 'round
     Am       D
And she's waiting at the harbour
   G        C
Be prepared to get on board
   D
Be prepared
    G       C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am      D
Breaks away before us
   Em D   G
Sail away, sail away


              C        Am D
All the front doors opened and the men came walking
     G        C     D
Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey
        G      C    Am D
It's one short road from a darkened cradle
    G        C  D
To the endless light of day


         C       D      Em
She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood
        Bm       C       D
The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill
             G      C      Am D
Where she trembled on the day she was touched and broken
   G         C  D
Ah, Marie was born again


CHORUS:
    G      C
And the ship comes 'round
     Am       D
And she's waiting at the harbour
   G        C
Be prepared to get on board
     D
Ah, be prepared
    G       C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am      D
Breaks away before us
   Em D   G
Sail away, sail away


INSTRUMENTAL: Em D  (4x)


        G    C  Am   D
All ears to the trawler band in the evenings
   G       C      D
Forty grands and the spirits run wild
        G       C      Am  D
The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking
  G              C  D
The sea had claimed their lives


          C   D         Em
There's peat smoke rising from the village chimneys
       Bm   C          D
You take your chances with the red haired girl
             G      C  Am   D
All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour
   G          C   D
That night in a changing world


CHORUS:
    G      C
And the ship comes 'round
     Am       D
And she's waiting at the harbour
   G        C
Be prepared to get on board
   D
Be prepared
    G       C
I never knew that the light of ages
Am      D
Breaks away before us
   Em D   G
Sail away, sail away


OUTRO: Em D  (## repeat about 12x and fade to end ##)