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Wooden Ship

Crosby, Stills And Nash
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Cadd9
e|---0--------0--------3-----|
B|---7--------0--------3-----|
G|---7--------5--------0-----|
D|---5--------5--------2-----|
A|---7--------0--------3-----|
E|---0--------5--------X-----|
 If you smile  at me I will understand
 Because that is something
Everybody  everywhere does in the same language
 I can see  by your coat my friend you're from the other  side
 There's just one  thing I've got to know
 Can you tell  me please, who won'
 Say,  can I have some of your purple berries'
 Yes,  I've been eating them for six  or seven weeks now
 Haven't got sick  once
 Probably keep us both  alive
 Wooden  ships on the water, ve-ry free,  and easy
 Easy,  you know the way it's supposed to be
 Silver  people on the shoreline let us be
 Talkin 'bout very  free, and easy
Horror  grips us as we watch you die
All  we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare  as all human feelings die
 We are leaving,  you don't need  us
 play verse chords)
Go  take a sister, then, by the hand
Lead  her away from this foreign land
Far  away, where we might laugh a-gain
 We are leaving,  you don't need us
And  it's a fair wind
Blowin'  warm out of the south over my shoulder
 Guess I'll set  a course and go

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Readable chord sheet for Wooden Ship by Crosby, Stills And Nash

[Em9]      [Am9]      [Cadd9]
e|---0--------0--------3-----|
B|---7--------0--------3-----|
G|---7--------5--------0-----|
D|---5--------5--------2-----|
A|---7--------0--------3-----|
E|---0--------5--------X-----|

[D] [A] [G]  [Em]

[Em7]  [Am9]
If you [Em7]smile at me I will [Am9]understand

Because that is something
[Em7]Everybody everywhere does in the [Am9]same [Em7]language     [Am9]          [Em7]               [Am9]
I can [Em7]see by your coat my friend you're from the [Am9]other side
There's just [Em7]one thing I've got to know
Can you [Am9]tell me please, who wo[Em7]n'             [Am9]

S[Em7]ay, can I have some of your purple berries'
Y[Am9]es, I've been eating them for [Em7]six or seven weeks now
Haven't got [Am9]sick once
Probably keep us [Em7]both alive  [Am9]

[D] [A] [G]

W[Em]ooden ships on the water, [D]ve-[A]ry [D]free, and easy
E[Em]asy, you know the way it's sup[D]posed [A]to [D]be
S[Em]ilver people on the shoreline [D]let [A]us [D]be
Talkin 'bout [Cadd9]very free, and [Em9]easy  [Am9]
[Em]Horror grips us as we [D]watch [A]you [D]die
[Em]All we can do is echo your [D]an[A]guished [D]cries
[Em]Stare as all human [D]fee[A]lings [D]die
We are [Cadd9]leaving, you don't [Em9]need us [Am9]        [Em9]               [Am9]

play verse chords)
[Em]Go take a sister, then, [D]by [A]the [D]hand
[Em]Lead her away from this [D]for[A]eign [D]land
[Em]Far away, where we might [D]laugh [A]a-[D]gain
We are [Cadd9]leaving, you don't need us

[Em9]     [Am9]     [Em9]     [Am9]     [Em9]     [Am9]     [Em9]     [Am9]

[Em9]And it's a fair wind
[Am9]Blowin' warm out of the south over my [Em9]shoulder  [Am9]
Guess I'll [Em9]set a course and go [Am9]          [Em9]

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