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When The Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan
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Writer: Bob Dylan
From: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G 3-x-0-0-0-3
Em/F# x-x-4-0-0-0 (might be Em7/F#, too)
C x-3-2-0-1-0
Em 0-2-2-0-0-0
D x-x-0-2-3-2
Em7/F# x-x-4-0-3-0
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
Em/B x-2-0-0-0-0
D/A x-0-x-2-3-2
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[Intro}
| G | % |
[Verse 1]
G Em/F# C G
Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop
Em C G
And the breeze will cease to be breathin’
G Em/F# C G
Like the stillness in the wind before the hurricane begins
G D G
The hour that the ship comes in
Em7/F# C G
And the sea will split and the ships will hit
Em7/F# C G
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking
G Em/F# C/E G
And the tide will sound and the waves will pound
G C Em/B D C G | G |
And the morning will be brea-ea-kin’
[Verse 2]
G Em/F# C G
Oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path
Em C G
And the seagulls will be smilin'
G Em/F# C G
And the rocks on the sand will proudly stand
G D G
The hour that the ship comes in
Em7/F# C G
And the words that are used for to get the ship confused
Em7/F# C G
Will not be understood as they're spoken
G Em/F# C G
Oh the chains of the sea will have busted in the night
G C Em/B D C G | G |
And be buried on the bottom of the o-o-cean
[Verse 3]
G Em/F# C G
A song will lift as the main sail shifts
Em C G
And the boat drifts unto the shoreline
G Em/F# C G
And the sun will respect every face on the deck
G D G
The hour that the ship comes in
Em7/F# C G
And the sands will roll out a carpet of gold
Em7/F# C G
For your wearied toes to be touchin'
G Em/F# C G
And the ship's wise men will remind you once again
G C Em/B D C G
That the whole wide world is wa-a-tchin'
[Solo]
| G Em/F# C/E | C/E G | Em C | G |
| G Em | C G | G D | G |
| Em7/F# C/E | C/E G | Em7/F# C | G |
| Em7/F# | C/E G | G D | D C | Em/B D/A | G | % |
[Verse 4]
G Em/F# C G
Oh the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes
Em C G
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'
G Em/F#
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
C G
And they'll know that it's for real,
G D G
The hour that the ship comes in
Em7/F#
And they'll raise their hands
C G
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands
Em7/F# C G
But we'll shout from the bow: “Your days are numbered!”
G Em/F# C G
And like Pharoah's tribe they'll be drownded in the tide
G C Em/B D C G G
And like Goliath they'll be co-on-quered