Chord/Tab song: The Ship

INTRO: Em D (4x)

I a[G]woke in the [C]dust of an autumn [Am]morn[D]ing
Faces [G]oil-lit and kneeling[C] 'round the family [D]chairs
I never [G]knew that a [C]heart could take such [Am]fill[D]ing
[G]Spaces everywhere,[C] every[D]where

CHORUS:
And the [G]ship comes '[C]round
And she's [Am]waiting at the [D]harbour
Be pre[G]pared to get on [C]board
Be pre[D]pared
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of ages
[Am]Breaks away be[D]fore us
Sail a[Em]way,[D] sail a[G]way

All the front doors opened [C]and the men came [Am]walk[D]ing
Suits and [G]shoes, heads of [C]silver and [D]grey
It's one short [G]road from a [C]darkened [Am]cra[D]dle
To the [G]endless light of [C]day[D]

She walked like a [C]bride down the [D]aisle of her [Em]childhood
The shops, the [Bm]schoolyard, the [C]church on the [D]hill
Where she trembled on the [G]day she was [C]touched and [Am]bro[D]ken
Ah, Ma[G]rie was born again[C][D]

CHORUS:
And the [G]ship comes '[C]round
And she's [Am]waiting at the [D]harbour
Be pre[G]pared to get on [C]board
Ah, be pre[D]pared
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of ages
[Am]Breaks away be[D]fore us
Sail a[Em]way,[D] sail a[G]way

INSTRUMENTAL: Em D (4x)

All ears to the [G]trawler [C]band [Am]in the [D]evenings
Forty [G]grands and the [C]spirits run [D]wild
The storms, the [G]drownings, the [C]tables, the [Am]drink[D]ing
The [G]sea had claimed their lives[C][D]

There's peat smoke [C]rising[D] from the village [Em]chimneys
You take your [Bm]chances [C]with the red haired [D]girl
All the boats take their [G]rest in the [C]heart[Am] of the [D]harbour
That [G]night in a changing [C]world[D]

CHORUS:
And the [G]ship comes '[C]round
And she's [Am]waiting at the [D]harbour
Be pre[G]pared to get on [C]board
Be pre[D]pared
I never [G]knew that the [C]light of ages
[Am]Breaks away be[D]fore us
Sail a[Em]way,[D] sail a[G]way

OUTRO: Em D (## repeat about 12x and fade to end ##)