This is the tab for the song Battleships by Adam Sworob. As noted the guitar is down tuned a half-step
with a capo on the 1st fret. For those not playing guitar, the first chord should be a G (no need to
transpose).
Listen to the demo of this song here: https://soundcloud.com/adam-sworob/battleships-demo
Listen to a live recording of this song here: https://vimeo.com/108056605
[Intro]
G C/G F F# G
G CM7/G F F# G
I'm the
[Chorus]
G
Warrior destroying what's
C/G
Foiling her brain, I'm the
G CM7/G F F# G
F Am G
Main man lifting her pain, I'm the
G
Warrior destroying what's
CM7/G
Foiling her brain, I'm the
F Am G7
Main man lifting her pain
[Verse]
Em7
Don't refrain from the in-
CM7/G
-sane, I just come up to tell you, my
FM7 Am7 G
band be playin' later, but I'm not tryna sell you, I
Em7
Welcome you to join, find you
CM7/G
After our set, we'll
FM7 Am7 G
Leave pre the headliner for reasons we forget, and
Em7
Are you already feel-
CM7/G
-ing a man steady call
FM7 Am7 G
Ready if you're free, I'll bring it hot like Serengeti
Em7
Sharp as a machete, flex
CM7/G
Bet I found my fix
FM7 Am7 G
Quick, if you play ball, you're bound to learn some tricks
[Bridge]
G C/G
And
F Am G
If you're playing ball, you're bound to learn some tri-
G C/G
-cks, and
(bar chords)
F Am G
If we're climbing walls, you're gonna learn some tri-
G C/G
-cks, I
F Am G
Bet if we give all, you're gonna learn some tri-
G C/G
-cks, I
Dm7
Bet we'll fall in...
[Verse]
(strum once and silence)
Em7
Wait!
(strum once and silence)
CM7/G
Let's not trick our hearts
(strum once and silence)
FM7
Used to get attached before I played it smart, but I'd
(strum once and silence)
Em7
Court you in a second
(strum once and silence)
CM7/G
For a porter or a couple
Fm7 Am7 G
Meet her family, she look so clean, she got me screaming uncle
G
Buckle up baby, cause we're
C/G
Moving too fast
FM7 Am7 G
Not an ass, lady only hoping this will last, over
Em7
Coping with disasters like
CM7/G
Past relationships
FM7 Am7 G
Don't play games with me, or I'll sink your battleships
G C/G
I said
F Am G
Don't you fuck with me, or I'll dunk you're battleships
G C/G
She
FM7 Am7 G
Played no games with me still she sunk my battleship
G C/G
And
F Am G
If it was chess she checked my king
G C/G
And
FM7 Am7 G7
If on a quest then she'd be my queen
G C/G F F# G
Now I'm the
[Verse]
G
Warrior destroying what's
C/G
Foiling her brain, I'm the
F Am G
Main man lifting her pain, peers in-
G
-to my eyes, pierces
C/G
Deeper than a samurai, our
F
Hours in bed never tame
G
Showered in her power which with-
C/G
-out I'd be a coward, can't
F Am G
Fuck up cause can't show her no shame
G
Trusting her concretely cause I'm
C/G
Digging her completely, repeating
F Am G
Damn, how'd I get such a dame?
F Am G7
Damn, how'd I get such a dame?
F Am G7
Damn, how'd I get such a dame?
G9
[Outro]
Em7
Will she ever leave me? Here comes the
CM7/G
Changing of the seasons, hope the
FM7 Am7 G
Rain don't put out my flame