[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Gm   (A    Bb  F D    Eb D)
Once there was a Ship of Stone
     Gm        F6
That orbited a mighty Star
    Gm   F  Gm       Gm    Dm     Gm
And from it flew the First Ship's crew
      Bb       F      Gm
Whose children we all are

[Chorus 1]
       Bb                    F6
And no matter how long we've drawn our track
      Gm                Dm           D
Still over our shoulder looking back
            Gm                      F               D
Through the hydrogen's hiss and the methane's moan
         Gm  F   Gm     F      Bb   F6     Eb
Past the polymer clouds of the Dead Stars' shrouds
        Gm    F   Gm          Eb   F  Gm
All our roads run back to the Ship of Stone

Gm Dm D

[Verse 2]
Gm   (A   Bb    F    D   Eb   D)
There the First Crew all were made
    Gm             F6
And wakened from unknowing sleep
       Gm   F    Gm       Gm Dm    Gm
By the boundless sight of Heaven's height
        Bb    F      Gm
And the fires of the Deep

[Chorus 2]
       Bb                     F6
And no matter how strange the forms we wear
    Gm                   Dm            D
How warped and wild, how rich and rare
    Gm                     F               D
How changed we've made the seed we've sown
       Gm    F  Gm    F    Bb  F6   Eb
We are blood of those who, singing, rose
        Gm F  Gm     Eb   F  Gm
From the body of the Ship of Stone

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[Verse 3]
    Gm   (A   Bb  F      D      Eb   D)
And there our own ships' frames were formed
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To grow blue-glowing wings
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And spread them wide to the farthest tide
          Bb        F      Gm
Where the last lone beacon sings

[Chorus 3]
       Bb                   F6
And no matter how tight the net they knot
       Gm                     Dm               D
Of our web where the Wheel of Light is caught
    Gm                    F                    D
How strange and lost, how grand they've grown
      Gm   F  Gm    F    Bb  F6   Eb
They, too, desire all Heaven's fire
       Gm F    Gm        Eb   F  Gm
Our companions since the Ship of Stone

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[Instrumental Verse]
    Gm   (A   Bb  F    D    Eb   D)
    Gm                 F6
    Gm    F   Gm       Gm   Dm   Gm
    Bb    F   Gm

[Instrumental Chorus]
    Bb            F6
    Gm            Dm           D
    Gm            F            D
    Gm   F  Gm    F    Bb  F6   Eb
    Gm   F  Gm         Eb  F    Gm

[Verse 4]
Gm   (A    Bb  F D    Eb D)
Once there was a Ship of Stone
      Gm                      F6
Clear domed, broad hulled and clean
          Gm  F     Gm                  Gm    Dm    Gm
Where the air shown blue, through whose holds birds flew
          Bb         F       Gm
And whose decks were growing green 

[Chorus 4]
       Bb                   F6
And no matter how odd these things may seem
   Gm             Dm               D
As madly mazed as shards of dream
         Gm                   F            D
They are not a dream that you dream alone
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All ships, all men, are of one kin
         Gm  F  Gm      Eb   F  Gm
We shall not forget the Ship of Stone