Ships Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

BmAnd all that IA♭m wanted for A♭christmas is F♯to be told that u loved me

Bmpart of me A♭mknows that u A♭need it F♯but cant say it and

BmI A♭mdon’t know A♭why F♯but im lonely on all theseBm long drives

A♭mcause were always fuckinA♭g

F♯but u never tell me why.

Bridge

[rhythm change for bridge.palm muted]

Bm A♭m A♭ F♯

Chorus 1

BmSo I A♭mplan A♭to leave dry land F♯and never set foot on itBm again

 sail untilA♭m I meet A♭the worlds endF♯

 andBm I wont be frightenedA♭m of all the A♭creatures that threaten

F♯my fragile hull from the deep

Bm A♭m A♭

 and all the dark corners and all the dark bedrooms in both of our F♯eyes.

[play like bridge with palm mutes]

Verse 2

BmI will give A♭mmy life for a moment of sA♭ilence

 I know my family hears me singin F♯my sad and simple songs

Bmand I hope they wiA♭mll carry me

 like a ship over oceans of A♭tired and blurried eyes boys

 andF♯ girls who will listen

Bmand understand I am soA♭mrry

G# F# [1,2,3,4]

that I cannot give them anything anything more.

[faster]

Chorus 2

BmI will leave the dark

A♭mfollow this compass that you gave mA♭e

 feel like Columbus out to discoverF♯ our new land

 you saidBm that u wanted to plant a gardeA♭mn

 it could bA♭e our F♯eden you said

Chorus 3

Bmand I will play captain

 stare at the A♭mfuture through my looking glass as we faA♭ll

 off of the corners of all the maF♯ps

 and tBmattoos on my arm are prouA♭md like a sailors

 and this lump in my throat isA♭ from the cold

 and the artic not becausF♯e

I miss you now.

Bridge 2[still fast like the last two choruses with electric over top doing the same chords]

Bm A♭m A♭ F♯

End with verse 2