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Building Ships by Lior
Building Ships
Tuning: standard, capo on 6th
Intro & verses:
C F (strum & pick randomly)
"we could almost see the distant shore"
e|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------|
D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0-h2--0--------|---3---------------------------|
A|----3----------------3-----------------3-----|---3---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
C F (as above)
"when my little sweetheart jumped overboard..."
(verses continue pretty much the same)
e|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------|
D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0--------------|---3---------------------------|
A|----3----------------3-----------h3--2--3----|---3---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------
instrumental bit: (between sections of first verse)
C F (as above)
e|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------|
D|-------3--2--0--h2-------5-5-5--3--2--3------|---3---------------------------|
A|----3---------------3----3-3-3--3--3--3------|---3---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------|
verse continues much the same as before, until...
CHORUS:
"now i'm building ships to carry me home..." then
"back to where i..."
(strum these chords for four [slow] counts each x2- for first two lines)
? C
e|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------|
B|---4----------------------------|---1--------------------------------------|
G|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------|
D|---5----------------------------|---2--------------------------------------|
A|---3----------------------------|---3--------------------------------------|
E|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------|
"...ba-a-a-a-ack to a place where..."
(2 counts, 2 counts, 4 counts)
? ? C
e|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------|
B|---4-------|---3------|---1------------------------------------------------|
G|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-------|---4------|---2------------------------------------------------|
A|---3-------|---2------|---3------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------|
~continue as before for remaining verse and chorus (for end of last chorus, continue
for the first line of the chorus until back into the verse), ends with verse the same as
We could almost see the distant shore
When my little sweetheart jumped overboard
I threw a line blind into the sea
But she was free
To drift on
The sea is calm
The night after the strom
But i know the empty rain awaits at every turn
I fear i had a love
And now it's gone
To find new shelter
Now i'm building ships
To carry me home
Back to where i sailded from
Back to the place i hurt
The rhythm of the rocking is unknown
It takes awhile to et used to the motion
I'm moving slowly but i'm full of anger
That there's no one to blame
It's a cruel game
Now i'm building ships
To carry me home
Back to where i sailded from
Back to the place i hurt
I fear i had a love
And now it's gone
To find new shelter
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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