When The Ship Comes In

        C              Em         
Oh the time will come up when the 
  F         C
winds will stop
          Am         F        
And the breeze will cease to be 
   C
breathin'
          C                Em     
Like the stillness in the wind 
         F        C
'fore the hurricane begins
      C            F     G    C
The hour when the ship comes in.

         Em                      F
And the seas will split and the 
        C
ship will hit
          Em           F          
And the sands on the shoreline 
       C
will be shaking
          C         Em         
Then the tide will sound and the 
    F          C
waves will pound
          C      F      G      C
And the morning will be breaking.

        C            Em        
Oh the fishes will laugh as they 
   F              C
swim out of the path
         Am        F         C
And the seagulls they'll be smiling
         C            Em     
And the rocks on the sand will 
   F       C
proudly stand
     C             F     G   C
The hour that the ship comes in.

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         Em                        
And the words that are used for to 
 F            C
get the ship confused
      Em           F            
Will not be understood as they're 
   C
spoken
         Em                        
For the chains of the sea will have
  F             C
 busted in the night
        C             F            
And be buried at the bottom of the 
G   C
ocean.

      C         Em           F   
Oh a song will lift as the 
     C
mainsail shifts
         Am          F      
And the boat drifts on to the 
    C
shoreline
         C         Em           F
And the sun will respect every 
            C
face on the deck
     C             F     G   C
The hour that the ship comes in.

          Em                  
Then the sands will roll out a 
   F        C
carpet of gold
          Em    F             C
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
         C          Em         F 
And the ship's wise men will 
             C
remind you once again
          C           F    
That the whole wide world is 
   G    C
watchin'.


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        C         Em             
Oh the foes will rise with the 
F                   C
sleep still in their eyes
             Am              F    
And they'll jerk from their beds 
                  C
and think they're dreamin'
              C                 
But they'll pinch themselves and 
   Em                F            
squeal and they'll know that it's 
      C
for real
     C             F     G   C
The hour that the ship comes in.

              Em              
Then they'll raise their hands 
               F              C
sayin' we'll meet all your demands
           Em             F       
But we'll shout from the bow your 
          C
days are numbered
           C        Em            
And like Pharaoh's tribe they'll 
    F              C
be drownded in the tide
        C         F       G     C
Like Goliath, they'll be conquered.