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Capo: 2
Lots of beautiful chords underpin this song from Sting’s 2013 The Last Ship album. This tune is picked - Sting tends to pick the bass note then two or three higher notes, so for each of the chords I’ve indicated just the strings that he picks on the piece - I hope that it makes sense! Standard tuning, Capo 2 Chords ====== C x3505x Cm9 x3x43x G/B x2x03x Asus x0x00x C/G 3x201x F6 1x201x C/F 1x021x Gsus 3x353x G6 3x343x E/G# 4x21xx Am7 x2x01x F xx355x F6(2) xx353x Eadd9 x0405x A7sus4 x0403x D/F# 2xx23x D/F 1xx23x Am x02210 G6 3x000x C/E xx301x C x3x01x Dm7 x57x5x F 1x32xx Intro ===== C Cm9 x4 Verse 1 =======
When CAu -G/Bgust Asuswinds C/Gare F6turn-C/Fing Gsus G6 The Cfishing G/Bboats set Asusout C/Gu-pon F6the C/Fsea Gsus4 G6 I E/G#watch 'til Am7they sail G/Bout of Csight The F2winter F6(2)follows Gsus4soon G6 I E/G#watch them Am7drawn in-G/Bto the Cnight Be-nEadd9eath the A7sus4August Gsus4moon G6
Verse 2 =======
CNo G/Bone Asusknows C/GI F6come C/Fhere Gsus G6 CSome G/Bthings AsusI C/Gdon't F6sha -C/Fare Gsus G6 I E/G#can't ex-Am7plain the G/Breasons Cwhy It F2moves F6(2)me close to Gsus4tears G6 Or E/G#something Am7in the G/Bseason's Cchange Will Eadd9find me A7sus4wandering Gsus4here G6
Verse 3 =======
And Cin G/Bmy Asuspub -C/Glic F6mo -C/Fments Gsus G6 I Chear the G/Bthings I Asussay but C/Gthey're not D/F#me D/F Per-G6haps I'll know be-E/G#fore I die Ad-Am7mit that there's a C/Ereason why I Ccount tFhe boats G6re-turniDm7ng to tAmhe seC/Ga D/F# I Ccount tFhe boats G6re-turniDm7ng to tChe sea
G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6 Verse 4 =======
And Cin G/Bmy Asuspri -C/Gvate F6mo -C/Fments Gsus G6 I Cdrop the G/Bmask that AsusI've been C/Gforced to D/F#wear D/F G6(2) E/G# But no-one knows this secret me Where Asusalbeit un-C/Econsciously I Ccount tFhe boats G6re-turniDm7ng from tAmhe seC/Ga D/F# I Ccount tFhe boats G6re-turniDm7ng from tChe sea Cm9 C Cm9 COooh Cm9oooh Coooh Cm9 C Cm9 COooh Cm9oooh Coooh Cm9 C
----------------------------------------- I hope I’ve done it justice! Kevin O’Brien Watford England July 2014 watfordkev@gmail.com