Ryan Montbleau - Ships in the night
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Chords used: Ebm | A#/D | C# | Cdim7 | Bmaj7 | Bmaj7/A# | A#
*You can also play the Cdim7 as a normal B
Ebm: x6887x
A#/D: x5876x
C#: 9-11-11-9-x-x
Cdim7: 7978xx
Bmaj7: 7988xx
Bmaj7/A#: 6987xx
On my guitar the sound is better without open strings. However, the original is with a capo on the third fret.
Then play the chords like this:
Ebm: x3104x
A#/D: x2103x
C#: x1003x (sometimes x1001x)
Cdim7: x0101x
Bmaj7: 4x554x
Bmaj7/A#: 3x554x
A#: 35543x
[Verse 1]
EbmSummer passed by before I could bat an eye
A#/DTequila sunsets and bleak sunrises
C#Because no more long days now, no more prize fighting
Cdim7I'll even cut down on the drinking, just please no more surprises
Bmaj7I see her wave to me, covered it from A to Z
Bmaj7/A#With a look so heavenly tA#hat she' s no longer giving me
[Verse 2]
EbmShips pass by outside the window in my room
A#/DThey only know where they've been and where they're going to
C#They pass so mightily, steady in their gaze
Cdim7They pass by each other without so much as a wave
Bmaj7Ships in the night are we, convinced we're gonna be
Bmaj7/A#Reunited comeA# the day
[Chorus 1]
EbmMy brother, how you been while I've been blinded by my own?
A#/DWorries and stories and this sense that I'm alone
C#Heaven zips by a million more ships in the night
Cdim7And and trillion tons of gases from a billion silly asses
Bmaj7And I still pray for the masses as we fight the bloody fight
Bmaj7/A#But bodies cannot stop these jacked up, gakked up ships in the nA#ight
[Verse 3]
EbmAnd I reach out in the darkness for some body I might hold
A#/DI reach out to the cosmos by staring at my phone
C#I reach a state of ecstasy, I return to despair
Cdim7I remain educated, well-informed, and unaware
Bmaj7But my sister, my sister, I swear that I am good
Bmaj7/A#Reach your arms around me and tell me that I'mA# understood
EbmI can't believe the things for which I'm forced to take a stand
A#/DI can't believe that I'm the problem, not the plan
C#I can't believe that we elected that man
Cdim7Yes I can, yes I can, yes I can, yes I can
Bmaj7Ships in the night are we, miss other entirely
Bmaj7/A#From cradle to the grave without so mA#uch as a wave
[Chorus 2]
EbmAnd my my, hey hey, looks like the sky is falling down
A#/DNo, it's my time, it's your time, it's all just coming 'round
C#Run up the mountain and hide out while you can
Cdim7There's a storm coming full of lonely disaffected angry men
Bmaj7And father time knows the way the cancer grows inside of me
Bmaj7/A#And who will hold my hand when I'm in my finalA# bed?
[Outro]
EbmWhen ships in the night are we
A#/DShips in the night are we
C#Miss each other entirely
Cdim7Ships in the night are we
Bmaj7Someone shine your light on me
Bmaj7/A#Someone shine your light on me
A#Ships in the night are we