Biography:
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951 in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England), known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist for the rock band The Police. Throughout his career, Sting has incorporated distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, New Age, and worldbeat into his music.
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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(2) xx355x
F6(2) xx353x
Eadd9 x0405x
A7sus4 x0403x
D/F# 2xx23x
D/F 1xx23x
Am x02210
G6 3x000x
C/E xx301x
C(2) x3x01x
Dm7 x57x5x
F 1x32xx
Intro
=====
C Cm9 x4
Verse 1
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
When Au -gust winds are turn-ing
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus4 G6
The fishing boats set out u-pon the sea
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
F2 F6(2) Gsus4 G6
The winter follows soon
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I watch them drawn in-to the night
Eadd9 A7sus4 Gsus4 G6
Be-neath the August moon
Verse 2
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
No one knows I come here
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
Some things I don't sha -are
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I can't ex-plain the reasons why
F2 F6(2) Gsus4 G6
It moves me close to tears
E/G# Am7 G/B C
Or something in the season's change
Eadd9 A7sus4 Gsus4 G6
Will find me wandering here
Verse 3
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
And in my pub -lic mo -ments
C G/B Asus C/G D/F# D/F
I hear the things I say but they're not me
G6 E/G#
Per-haps I'll know be-fore I die
Am7 C/E
Ad-mit that there's a reason why
C(2) F G6 Dm7 Am C/G D/F#
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
C(2) F G6 Dm7 C
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
Verse 4
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
And in my pri -vate mo -ments
C G/B Asus C/G D/F# D/F
I drop the mask that I've been forced to wear
G6(2) E/G#
But no-one knows this secret me
Asus C/E
Where albeit un-consciously
C(2) F G6 Dm7 Am C/G D/F#
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
C(2) F G6 Dm7 C
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C
Oooh oooh oooh
Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C
Oooh oooh oooh
-----------------------------------------
I hope I’ve done it justice!
Kevin O’Brien
Watford
England
July 2014
[email protected]
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(2) xx355x
F6(2) xx353x
Eadd9 x0405x
A7sus4 x0403x
D/F# 2xx23x
D/F 1xx23x
Am x02210
G6 3x000x
C/E xx301x
C(2) x3x01x
Dm7 x57x5x
F 1x32xx
Intro
=====
C Cm9 x4
Verse 1
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
When Au -gust winds are turn-ing
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus4 G6
The fishing boats set out u-pon the sea
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
F2 F6(2) Gsus4 G6
The winter follows soon
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I watch them drawn in-to the night
Eadd9 A7sus4 Gsus4 G6
Be-neath the August moon
Verse 2
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
No one knows I come here
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
Some things I don't sha -are
E/G# Am7 G/B C
I can't ex-plain the reasons why
F2 F6(2) Gsus4 G6
It moves me close to tears
E/G# Am7 G/B C
Or something in the season's change
Eadd9 A7sus4 Gsus4 G6
Will find me wandering here
Verse 3
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
And in my pub -lic mo -ments
C G/B Asus C/G D/F# D/F
I hear the things I say but they're not me
G6 E/G#
Per-haps I'll know be-fore I die
Am7 C/E
Ad-mit that there's a reason why
C(2) F G6 Dm7 Am C/G D/F#
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
C(2) F G6 Dm7 C
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
Verse 4
=======
C G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6
And in my pri -vate mo -ments
C G/B Asus C/G D/F# D/F
I drop the mask that I've been forced to wear
G6(2) E/G#
But no-one knows this secret me
Asus C/E
Where albeit un-consciously
C(2) F G6 Dm7 Am C/G D/F#
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
C(2) F G6 Dm7 C
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C
Oooh oooh oooh
Cm9 C Cm9 C Cm9 C
Oooh oooh oooh
-----------------------------------------
I hope I’ve done it justice!
Kevin O’Brien
Watford
England
July 2014
[email protected]
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