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Ships In The Night

Be Bop Deluxe
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 | /  / /  / | /  / /  / |  / /  / / |  / / /  / |(twice)
 | /  / /  / | /  / /  / | /  / /  / |  /__/ /  / / |(twice)
 Like a...  square peg  in a round  hole,
 Like a...  harp with - out  it's strings,
 Like a sailor  who sails  no o  - ceans,
 Like a...  bird that has  no wings!
 (Without love...)...  I am  a desert,
 (Without love...)...  my light  is dim,
 (Without love...)...  I have  no treasures,
 (Without love...)...  I cannot  win!
 Without love...we  are like ships in the night,
 Without love,  selling our souls down the river,
 Sailing away, and for - ever  our pleasure is blue!
 | /  /__/  /  | /  /__/  /  | / /  / / |
 | /  / /  / | /  / /  / |  / /  / / |  / / /  / |
 | /  / /  / | /  / /  / | /  / /  / |  /__/ /  / / |(twice)
 Like a...  dream that has  no dreamer,
 Like a cloud  with - out  a sky,
 Like the truth  with no  be - lie  - ver,
 Like a mother  with - out  a child!
 (Without love...)...  I have  no pleasures,
 (Without love...)...  my light  is dim,
 (Without love...)...  I have  no treasures,
 (Without love...)...  my chance  is slim!
 Without love...we  are like ships in the night,
 Without love,  selling our souls down the river,
 Sailing away, and for - ever  our pleasure is blue!
 | /  /__/  /  | /  /__/  /  | / /  ||
 = x32010
 = x33011
 = 320013
 = 320003
 = 133211
 = xx0231

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Readable chord sheet for Ships In The Night by Be Bop Deluxe

|  [C]/  /  [Csus4]/  /  |  [Gsus4]/  /  /[G]  /  | [C] /  / [Csus4] /  /  | [Gsus4] /  /  [G]/  / |(twice)

|  [C]/  /  [F]/  /  |  /[F]  /  /[G]  /  |  [C]/  /  [F]/  /  | [F] /[Csus4]__/   [F]/  /  / |(twice)

Like a.[C].. square [Dm]peg in a ro[F]und hole,  [G]
Like a.[C].. harp with - [Dm]out it's str[F]ings, [G]
Like a sai[C]lor who s[Dm]ails no [F]o - ce[G]ans,
Like a.[C].. bird that [Dm]has no wi[F]ngs!  [G]

(Without l[C]ove...)... I a[G]m a des[F]ert, [G]
(Without l[C]ove...)... my li[G]ght is d[F]im,  [G]
(Without l[C]ove...)... I ha[G]ve no trea[F]sures, [G]
(Without l[C]ove...)... I ca[G]nnot w[F]in!  [G]

Without l[Am]ove...we are like ships in the ni[F]ght,
Without l[Am]ove, selling our souls down the r[G]iver,
[Em]    Sailing away, and for - e[F]ver our pleasure is b[G]lue[Gsus4]!     [G]

|  [G]/  /_[Gsus4]_/   /[G]  |  [G]/  /_[Gsus4]_/   /[G]  |  [F]/  [G]/  /  /  |

|  [C]/  /  [Csus4]/  /  |  [Gsus4]/  /  /[G]  /  | [C] /  / [Csus4] /  /  | [Gsus4] /  /  [G]/  / |

|  [C]/  /  [F]/  /  |  /[F]  /  /[G]  /  |  [C]/  /  [F]/  /  | [F] /[Csus4]__/   [F]/  /  / |(twice)

Like a.[C].. dream that h[Dm]as no dre[F]amer,  [G]
Like a cl[C]oud with - [Dm]out a s[F]ky,  [G]
Like the tr[C]uth with [Dm]no be - l[F]ie - v[G]er,
Like a mo[C]ther with - [Dm]out a ch[F]ild!  [G]

(Without l[C]ove...)... I ha[G]ve no plea[F]sures, [G]
(Without l[C]ove...)... my l[G]ight is dim, [F]
(Without l[C]ove...)... I ha[G]ve no trea[F]sures, [G]
(Without l[C]ove...)... my ch[G]ance is slim!  [F]

Without l[Am]ove...we are like ships in the ni[F]ght,
Without l[Am]ove, selling our souls down the r[G]iver,
[Em]    Sailing away, and for - e[F]ver our pleasure is b[G]lue[Gsus4]!     [G]

|  [G]/  /_[Gsus4]_/   /[G]  |  [G]/  /_[Gsus4]_/   /[G]  |  [F]/  [G]/  ||

[C]        =  x32010
[Csus4]    =  x33011
[Gsus4]    =  320013
[G]        =  320003
[F]        =  133211
[Dm]       =  xx0231

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