Chords for Robyn Hitchcock - The Ghost Ship - 3"cds - 1988
Tempo:
117.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
F#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
The ghost ship haunts the sea, [F#m] still come back and marry [A] me.
[D] The rust is where her heart should be [A] tonight.
[D] Her face is where her fingers were [G] [A] tonight.
A glassy checkered engine room, [F#m] the speechless silence of the tomb.
[D] The manuscripts inside the womb [A] unfurl.
A [E]
girl, [Em] [D] translucent as a [G] jellyfish, [A] that palpitates [F#m] upon a dish.
[Bm] She stings you with [G] her gently falling [E] curl.
And [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, [D] I wonder where love has been [A] tonight.
The ghost ship changes [G] course, [F#m] and on the deck there stands a horse,
[A] [D] who's munching on sardines and [A] gorse and hay.
The
[D] captain trawls a net across [A] the bay.
The bubbles rising from the deep, [F#m] where dead men sing themselves to sleep.
[A] [D] From oak and coral, they deceive [G] to [A] say,
[E] Okay,
[G] [D] you read my future like a chart.
[A] See through my skin [F#m] into my heart, [Bm] that flutters in [G] my [Bm] ribcage like [E] a bird.
[D] And the ghost ship sails on into
[G] [E] someone's life.
[Em] [D] The
[A]
air from bottles forms into [F#m] the skeletons of all the crew.
[D] In white they dance against the blue [A] and whale.
Their [D] curling bodies flail [G] around [A] the sail.
The figure head before the mast, [F#m] stares back into the golden past.
[D]
Across the wrinkled sea, so [G] vast [A] forlorn, she [E]
[D] mourns.
She flutters round me like a moth, [G] [A] that beats against [F#m]
mosquito cloth.
[Bm] And tries to [G] eat her way into [D] my [E] dreams.
And [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight,
[D] I wonder where my lover's [G] been [A] tonight.
The melons on the riverbank, [F#m] are bulging through decaying planks.
[D] Their beauty is so warm and dank [A] and light.
[D] The captain wears a headless grin [G] [A] tonight,
Silhouetted on the blue.
[F#m] The cook, the mate, the bosun too,
[D] They know not why or what they [A] do at all.
[E] They fall,
They fall,
[D] Like masonry in the abyss,
[Em] That [A] opens every [F#m] time we kiss.
[Bm] I hear their [G] laughter echo round [E]
me.
[D] And the ghost ship sails on into
[Em] [E] someone's life.
[Em] [D]
[G] [A]
[D]
[A]
[Em] [F#m]
[D]
[G] [E]
[G] [F#]
[G] [D]
[F#]
[G] [D]
[G] [F#]
The ghost ship haunts the sea, [F#m] still come back and marry [A] me.
[D] The rust is where her heart should be [A] tonight.
[D] Her face is where her fingers were [G] [A] tonight.
A glassy checkered engine room, [F#m] the speechless silence of the tomb.
[D] The manuscripts inside the womb [A] unfurl.
A [E]
girl, [Em] [D] translucent as a [G] jellyfish, [A] that palpitates [F#m] upon a dish.
[Bm] She stings you with [G] her gently falling [E] curl.
And [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, [D] I wonder where love has been [A] tonight.
The ghost ship changes [G] course, [F#m] and on the deck there stands a horse,
[A] [D] who's munching on sardines and [A] gorse and hay.
The
[D] captain trawls a net across [A] the bay.
The bubbles rising from the deep, [F#m] where dead men sing themselves to sleep.
[A] [D] From oak and coral, they deceive [G] to [A] say,
[E] Okay,
[G] [D] you read my future like a chart.
[A] See through my skin [F#m] into my heart, [Bm] that flutters in [G] my [Bm] ribcage like [E] a bird.
[D] And the ghost ship sails on into
[G] [E] someone's life.
[Em] [D] The
[A]
air from bottles forms into [F#m] the skeletons of all the crew.
[D] In white they dance against the blue [A] and whale.
Their [D] curling bodies flail [G] around [A] the sail.
The figure head before the mast, [F#m] stares back into the golden past.
[D]
Across the wrinkled sea, so [G] vast [A] forlorn, she [E]
[D] mourns.
She flutters round me like a moth, [G] [A] that beats against [F#m]
mosquito cloth.
[Bm] And tries to [G] eat her way into [D] my [E] dreams.
And [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight,
[D] I wonder where my lover's [G] been [A] tonight.
The melons on the riverbank, [F#m] are bulging through decaying planks.
[D] Their beauty is so warm and dank [A] and light.
[D] The captain wears a headless grin [G] [A] tonight,
Silhouetted on the blue.
[F#m] The cook, the mate, the bosun too,
[D] They know not why or what they [A] do at all.
[E] They fall,
They fall,
[D] Like masonry in the abyss,
[Em] That [A] opens every [F#m] time we kiss.
[Bm] I hear their [G] laughter echo round [E]
me.
[D] And the ghost ship sails on into
[Em] [E] someone's life.
[Em] [D]
[G] [A]
[D]
[A]
[Em] [F#m]
[D]
[G] [E]
[G] [F#]
[G] [D]
[F#]
[G] [D]
[G] [F#]
Key:
D
A
G
F#m
E
D
A
G
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The ghost ship haunts the sea, [F#m] still come back and marry [A] me.
[D] The rust is where her heart should be [A] tonight. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Her face is where her fingers were [G] _ [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ A glassy checkered engine room, [F#m] the speechless _ silence of the tomb.
[D] The manuscripts _ inside the womb [A] _ _ unfurl.
A [E] _
girl, [Em] [D] translucent _ as a _ [G] jellyfish, [A] that _ _ palpitates [F#m] upon a dish.
[Bm] She stings you with [G] her gently falling [E] curl.
_ And _ _ [D] sinking _ in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, _ _ _ _ _ [D] I wonder where love has been [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ _ The ghost ship _ changes [G] course, [F#m] and on the deck there stands a horse,
[A] [D] who's munching on _ sardines and [A] gorse and hay.
The _
_ _ [D] captain _ trawls a net across [A] the bay. _ _ _
_ The bubbles _ rising from the deep, [F#m] where dead men sing themselves to sleep.
[A] [D] From oak and coral, they deceive [G] to [A] say,
_ [E] Okay, _
_ [G] [D] you read my future like a chart.
[A] See through my skin [F#m] into my heart, [Bm] that flutters in [G] my [Bm] ribcage like [E] a _ bird. _ _
[D] And the ghost ship sails on _ into _ _ _
[G] [E] someone's _ _ life. _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ The _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ air from bottles forms into [F#m] the skeletons _ of all the crew.
[D] In white they dance against the blue [A] and whale. _ _ _ _
Their [D] curling bodies flail [G] around [A] the sail. _ _ _ _ _
The figure head before the mast, [F#m] stares back into the golden past.
[D]
Across the wrinkled sea, so [G] vast [A] _ forlorn, she [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] mourns.
She flutters round me like a moth, [G] [A] that beats against [F#m]
mosquito cloth.
[Bm] And tries to [G] eat her way into [D] my [E] _ dreams. _
And _ [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, _ _ _ _
_ [D] I wonder where my lover's [G] been [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ The melons on the riverbank, [F#m] are bulging through decaying planks.
[D] Their beauty is so warm and dank [A] and light. _ _ _ _
_ [D] The captain wears a headless grin [G] _ [A] tonight, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Silhouetted on the blue.
[F#m] The cook, the mate, the bosun too,
[D] They know not why or what they _ [A] do at all.
[E] They _ fall, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They fall,
_ _ [D] Like masonry in the abyss,
[Em] That [A] opens every [F#m] time we kiss.
[Bm] I hear their [G] laughter echo round [E] _ _ _
me.
_ _ [D] And the ghost ship _ sails on _ into _
_ _ _ [Em] [E] someone's _ _ life. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The ghost ship haunts the sea, [F#m] still come back and marry [A] me.
[D] The rust is where her heart should be [A] tonight. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Her face is where her fingers were [G] _ [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ A glassy checkered engine room, [F#m] the speechless _ silence of the tomb.
[D] The manuscripts _ inside the womb [A] _ _ unfurl.
A [E] _
girl, [Em] [D] translucent _ as a _ [G] jellyfish, [A] that _ _ palpitates [F#m] upon a dish.
[Bm] She stings you with [G] her gently falling [E] curl.
_ And _ _ [D] sinking _ in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, _ _ _ _ _ [D] I wonder where love has been [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ _ The ghost ship _ changes [G] course, [F#m] and on the deck there stands a horse,
[A] [D] who's munching on _ sardines and [A] gorse and hay.
The _
_ _ [D] captain _ trawls a net across [A] the bay. _ _ _
_ The bubbles _ rising from the deep, [F#m] where dead men sing themselves to sleep.
[A] [D] From oak and coral, they deceive [G] to [A] say,
_ [E] Okay, _
_ [G] [D] you read my future like a chart.
[A] See through my skin [F#m] into my heart, [Bm] that flutters in [G] my [Bm] ribcage like [E] a _ bird. _ _
[D] And the ghost ship sails on _ into _ _ _
[G] [E] someone's _ _ life. _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ The _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ air from bottles forms into [F#m] the skeletons _ of all the crew.
[D] In white they dance against the blue [A] and whale. _ _ _ _
Their [D] curling bodies flail [G] around [A] the sail. _ _ _ _ _
The figure head before the mast, [F#m] stares back into the golden past.
[D]
Across the wrinkled sea, so [G] vast [A] _ forlorn, she [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] mourns.
She flutters round me like a moth, [G] [A] that beats against [F#m]
mosquito cloth.
[Bm] And tries to [G] eat her way into [D] my [E] _ dreams. _
And _ [D] sinking in the water's [G] green [A] tonight, _ _ _ _
_ [D] I wonder where my lover's [G] been [A] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ The melons on the riverbank, [F#m] are bulging through decaying planks.
[D] Their beauty is so warm and dank [A] and light. _ _ _ _
_ [D] The captain wears a headless grin [G] _ [A] tonight, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Silhouetted on the blue.
[F#m] The cook, the mate, the bosun too,
[D] They know not why or what they _ [A] do at all.
[E] They _ fall, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They fall,
_ _ [D] Like masonry in the abyss,
[Em] That [A] opens every [F#m] time we kiss.
[Bm] I hear their [G] laughter echo round [E] _ _ _
me.
_ _ [D] And the ghost ship _ sails on _ into _
_ _ _ [Em] [E] someone's _ _ life. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _