Wooden Ships

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby/Kantner/Stills

[Intro]

D		A		G		Em		Am7

Verse-1:

Em	Am7	Fmaj7
If you smile at me	I will un	derstand

Em	Am7	Fmaj7	Em
Cause that is something everybody everwhere does in the	same	langu	age

Verse-2:

Em	Am7	Fmaj7
I can see by you coat my friend you’re from the	other	side

Em	Am7	Fmaj7
There’s just one thing I’ve got to know can you	tell me	please

Em	Am7
Who won?

Verse-3:

Em

Hey can I have some of you’re purple berries

Am7	Em
Yes I’ve been eating them for	six or seven weeks now

	Am7	Fmaj7	Em	Am7
Haven’t got	sick once,	probably keep us	both alive

Verse-4:

D		A		G		Em	G	A	D
						Wooden ships on the water	ver	y	free

	Em	G	A	D
And	easy you know the way it’s sup	posed	to	be

Em	G	A	D
Silver people on the shoreline	let	us	be

	Cmaj7	Em7	Am7	Em	Am7
Talkin’ `bout	very free and	easy

Verse-5:

D		A		G		Em	G	A	D
						Horror grips us as we	watch	you	die

	Em	G	A	D
And	all we can do is echo you’re	an	guished	cry

Em	G	A	D
Stare as all human	fee	lings	die

	Cmaj7	Em7	Am7	Em	Am7
We are	leaving you don’t	need us

Verse-6:

D		A		G		Em	G	A	D
						Go take a sister then	by	the	hand

	Em	G	A	D
And	lead her away from this	for	eign	land

Em	G	A	D
Far away where we might	laugh	ag	ain

	Cmaj7	Em7	Am7
We are	leaving you don’t	need

	Em7	Am7
You don’t	need us	...