Chords for How to Play Wooden Ships by Crosby and Stills

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_ [E] _ _ I'm _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ going to be [B] covering the song Wooden Ships.
I'm using this video as a live performance to see how the song is played.
[D#] I'm sure it's played many different ways, and I think it's even played by [C] different bands.
_ They start off by [B] _ playing this sequence.
_ _ [Em] _ _ They're going to use that throughout the song.
_ [F#] We have a D [E] add 9th, _ _ totally open, just pressing down the 7th [A] fret.
That's on the [D] D and G string.
[B] _ _ _ [Em] And then drop down one fret on [A] the G string.
_ [F#] That's the D minor add 9th.
So [A] it goes _ _ down [E] to this chord, _ which is I think some kind of C chord, although I'm not really [A] sure. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] And then it goes up to the [E] E 5th. _ _ _ _ _
So there's a barre chord on the 7th and 9th frets. _
I'm pressing [A] here on the E string, 7th fret.
And I'm pressing on the 9th fret on the [E] D and G string.
_ _ _ I'm also making sure I emphasize _ _ _ the low [D#] E string.
And all together, [A] it sounds like this. _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D#] And sometimes you'll see them toggle here [E] with this middle finger on the D string.
[Em] _ _ _ [C#] Or [A] back up.
_ _ _ [F] So it may be like [A] this.
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And [N] they play around with those chords.
And then they transition right into this chord right [Em] here. _
_ _ _ _ Nice open chord on the 10th fret.
_ That's an E minor 7th.
_ _ _ And they go right into it.
[F#] So _ [A] it's_
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_ _ _ Then we go to an A minor [Am] 9th.
_ _ _ [Em] I just shift that formation here [Am] up one ear. _
And then to a D minor 9th.
I'm [F#] just going to press down on these [G] four strings.
E, [F] B, [C] G, and D string [Am] on the 10th fret. _
_ _ _ [G] And you can hit all the strings open.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] Together _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ it's_
I think more of the emphasis is on the D and G [F] string. _ _
_ The E and [Dm] G string.
Not so much on the high [N] E.
_ And all together [Em] again. _ _
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often toggle up to the 12th fret _ on the D string.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] So that would sound like [Em] this. _ _ _ _ _ _
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And that goes on for a little while.
[F#] Toggles back and forth between those two riffs.
So now we go back to our last [N] bit of the song.
_ _ And that transitions after _ _ another repeat of our first riff.
So we [A] have _ [E] nice
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_ _ _ soft chord up [B] here.
Playing on the 5th fret.
And then we transition to a kind of upbeat [C] on the C _ _ major [B] 7th.
To an _ Esus2.
_ Or just an E minor. _ _ _
And it sounds [E] like this. _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ [G] And it goes back and forth between those two chords.
And then we build [D] up. _ _
Back to the E [B] up here.
E7.
_ [E] And then to the original. _ _