Be Bop Deluxe – Ships In The Night chords

Artist: Be - Bop Deluxe
Song: Ships in the night
Tabbed by: David John
1st Oct 2012

Tuning:Standard

   C     Csus4    Gsus4  G      C     Csus4    Gsus4  G    |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |(twice)

   C     F         F     G       C     F       F Csus4 F|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /__/   /  /  / |(twice)


       C         Dm         F          G Like a... square peg in a round hole,
       C              Dm          F     GLike a... harp with - out it's strings,
          C        Dm      F     G Like a sailor who sails no o - ceans,
       C            Dm       F     GLike a... bird that has no wings!

          C             G      F    G(Without love...)... I am a desert,
          C               G       F    G(Without love...)... my light is dim,
          C              G         F      G(Without love...)... I have no treasures,
          C              G     F    G(Without love...)... I cannot win!


         Am                               FWithout love...we are like ships in the night,
         Am                               GWithout love, selling our souls down the river,
Em                           F                    G  Gsus4 G    Sailing away, and for - ever our pleasure is blue!


   G    Gsus4 G    G    Gsus4 G    F  G|  /  /__/   /  |  /  /__/   /  |  /  /  /  /  |


   C     Csus4    Gsus4  G      C     Csus4    Gsus4  G    |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |

   C     F         F     G       C     F       F Csus4 F|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /__/   /  /  / |(twice)


       C              Dm       F      G Like a... dream that has no dreamer,
         C          Dm     F    GLike a cloud with - out a sky,
           C        Dm       F     G Like the truth with no be - lie - ver,
         C           Dm      F     GLike a mother with - out a child!


          C              G         F      G(Without love...)... I have no pleasures,
          C              G            F   (Without love...)... my light is dim,
          C              G         F      G(Without love...)... I have no treasures,
          C               G              F    (Without love...)... my chance is slim!


         Am                               FWithout love...we are like ships in the night,
         Am                               GWithout love, selling our souls down the river,
Em                           F                    G  Gsus4 G    Sailing away, and for - ever our pleasure is blue!


   G    Gsus4 G    G    Gsus4 G    F  G|  /  /__/   /  |  /  /__/   /  |  /  /  ||


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C        =  x32010
Csus4    =  x33011
Gsus4    =  320013
G        =  320003  
F        =  133211
Dm       =  xx0231