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When The Ship Comes In

by Bob Dylan · posted by aussie

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1.
 6 -6   -7   -7   -7  -7  -7  -6    6     6    6
Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop
 6  -6    -7    -7   -7   6 -6   -7  -7
And the breeze will cease to be breathin`
  6  -6   -7  -7   -7 -7   -7
Like the stillness in the wind
  -7  -6   6  6  6   6  6    -7  -7   -7  -7
`Fore the hurricane begins, The hour When The 
  7   -6    6
Ship Comes In.
-7  7   -8   -8   -8   -7  -6    6    6   6
Oh the seas will split And the ship will hit
 6   -7   -8   -8   -8    -7   6  -7 -7
And the shore-line sands will be shaking
  6   -7  -8   -8    -8  -7  -6   6     6    6
Then the tide will sound And the wind will pound
 6  -6   -7  6    7  -7  -6     6
And the morning will be break~~~~~ing
2.
Oh the fishes will laugh As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls will be smiling
And the rocks on the sand Will proudly stand
The hour that the ship comes in

Ahd the words they use For to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they`re spoken
For the chains of the sea Will have busted in the night
And be buried at the bottom of the o~~~cean
3.
A song will lift As the mainsail shifts
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline
And the sun will respect Svery face on the deck
The hour that the ship comes in

Then the sands will roll Out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be touchin`
And the ship`s wise men Will remind you once agsin
That the whole wide world is wa~~~tchin`
4.
Oh the foes will rise With the sleep seill in their eyes
And they`ll jerk from their beds and think they`re dreamin`
But they`ll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it`s for real
The hour when the ship comes in

Then they`ll raise their hands
Sayin` we`ll meet all your demands
But we`ll shout from the bow your days are numbered
And like Pharoah`s tribe They`ll be drownded in the tide
And like Goliath they`ll be conqu~~~ered
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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