The Ship

INTRO: Em  D  (4x)

   G           C                 
I awoke in the dust of an autumn 
Am  D
morning
      G                   C       
Faces oil-lit and kneeling 'round 
           D
the family chairs
        G           C             
I never knew that a heart could 
        Am  D
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       
All the front doors opened and the 
         Am  D
men came walking
          G               C       
Suits and shoes, heads of silver 
   D
and grey
               G           C      
It's one short road from a 
  Am D
darkened cradle
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       G                C    D
To the endless light of day


                  C             
She walked like a bride down the 
 D            Em
aisle of her childhood
               Bm             
The shops, the schoolyard, the 
 C             D
church on the hill
                          G      
Where she trembled on the day she 
     C           Am D
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  
All ears to the trawler band in 
   D
the evenings
      G              C           
Forty grands and the spirits run 
D
wild
                G             
The storms, the drownings, the 
 C           Am   D
tables, the drinking
    G                           C 
The sea had claimed their lives
  D



                   C     D        
There's peat smoke rising from the
         Em
 village chimneys
              Bm      C           
You take your chances with the red
        D
 haired girl
                         G         
All the boats take their rest in 
  C    Am      D
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