When The Ship Comes In

Intro G   C   G   D   G   C   D   G

       G         D                
Oh the time will come up when the 
C          G
winds will stop
        Em          C         
And the breeze will cease to be 
    G
a-breathin
         G                D  
Like the stillness in the wind 
             C           G
before the hurricane begins,
    D                        G
The hour that the ship comes in
        D        C             G
And the sea will split and the ships
 will hit
        D            C            
And the sands on the shoreline 
     G
will be shaking
        D         C           
And the tide will sound and the 
  G
waves will pound
                C        D     G
And the morning will be a-breaking


Oh the fishes will laugh as they 
swim out of the path
And the seagulls will be a-smilin'
And the rocks on the sand will 
proudly stand
The hour that the ship comes in
And the words that are used for to 
get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're 
spoken
Oh the chains of the sea will have 
busted in the night
And be buried on the bottom of the 
ocean


A song will lift as the main sail 
shifts
And the boat drifts unto the 
shoreline
And the sun will respect every face 
on the deck
The hour that the ship comes in
And the sands will roll out a carpet
 of gold
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For your wearied toes to be 
a-touchin'
And the ship's wise men will remind 
you once again
That the whole wide world is 
watchin'


Oh the foes will rise with the sleep
 still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and
 think they're dreamin'
But they'll pinch themselves and 
squeal
And they'll know that it's for real,
The hour that the ship comes in
And they'll raise their hands
Sayin' we'll meet all you demands
But we'll shout from the bow
Your days are numbered
And like Pharoah's tribe they'll be 
drownded in the tide
And like Goliath they'll be 
conquered

***Version 2*** by Alex

Intro G   C   G   Em   C   D   

G   D   G   C   D   G

       G         Bm             
Oh the time will come up when the 
   C          G
winds will stop
         G          C         
And the breeze will cease to be 
    G
a-breathin
         G                Bm 
Like the stillness in the wind 
              C           G
before the hurricane begins,
    G               D7        G
The hour that the ship comes in
        D                     G
And the sea will split and the ships
 will hit
        D                          
And the sands on the shoreline will
   G
 be shaking
        D                      G
And the tide will sound and the 
waves will pound
  G              C        D     G
And the morning will be a-breaking


Oh the fishes will laugh as they 
swim out of the path
And the seagulls will be a-smilin'
And the rocks on the sand will 
proudly stand
The hour that the ship comes in
And the words that are used for to 
get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're 
spoken
Oh the chains of the sea will have 
busted in the night
And be buried on the bottom of the 
ocean


A song will lift as the main sail 
shifts
And the boat drifts unto the 
shoreline
And the sun will respect every face 
on the deck
The hour that the ship comes in
And the sands will roll out a carpet
 of gold
For your wearied toes to be 
a-touchin'
And the ship's wise men will remind 
you once again
That the whole wide world is 
watchin'


Oh the foes will rise with the sleep
 still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and
 think they're dreamin'
But they'll pinch themselves and 
squeal
And they'll know that it's for real,
The hour that the ship comes in
And they'll raise their hands
Sayin' we'll meet all you demands
But we'll shout from the bow
Your days are numbered
And like Pharoah's tribe they'll be 
drownded in the tide
And like Goliath they'll be 
conquered