Ship In The Bottle Chords by Jupiter Coyote

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Years ago a child's brown eyes [Ab] stared at the [Eb] mantelpiece, wondered how the ship got in [Ab] the bottle. _ _
[Eb] When he tried to find the answer, [Ab] nobody would tell him.
[Eb] And the ship just sat there in [Ab] the bottle. _ _
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_ [Eb] Yesterday a man's brown [Db] eyes stared at the [Eb] mantelpiece, stared at the ship [Ab] in the bottle. _
_ [Eb] The corners of his eyes teared [Db] when he last he [Ab] realized [Eb] he was sailing on that ship in [Ab] the bottle.
And I'm sailing on that [Db] ship [Eb] in the bottle.
_ [Ab] No salt [Db] upon my pitch, [Ab] wind [Eb] in my sail.
[Ab] And I'm sailing on [Db] that ship in [Eb] the bottle.
Could [Ab] there be a [Db] storm brewing up [Eb] _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] ahead?
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_ Could [Ab] there be a storm [Db] brewing [Eb] up ahead?
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The ship in the bottle [Ab] never gets to run ashore.
[Eb] It sits there on the [Ab] mantelpiece like it sat there years before.
[Eb] No cargo in its hull, [Ab] no silver and gold.
[Eb] And only what lands against my [Ab] scan, no cannons to reload.
And I'm sailing on that ship [Eb] in the bottle. _
[Ab] No salt upon my pitch, wind in [Eb] my sail.
[Ab] And I'm sailing on that ship [Eb] in the bottle.
Could [Ab] there be a storm brewing [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ up [Eb] ahead? _ _
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[Eb] The ship in the bottle is [Ab] a reflection of me.
[Eb] Showing me all of the things [Ab] my eyes [Ab] could never see.
[Eb] Spill out wish and search and [Ab] drink to lift my spirit free.
[Eb] Take that dream on the mantelpiece [Ab] and sail it on the sea.
And I'm sailing on [Db] that ship in [Eb] the bottle. _ _
[Ab] No salt upon my pitch, wind in [Eb] my sail.
And [Ab] I'm sailing on that ship in [Eb] the bottle. _
[Ab] Could there be a storm brewing _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] up _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] ahead? _ _
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