Jefferson Airplane – Wooden Ships (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

[Guitar Specific Chords]
Em9   0-10-9-9-x-x
Em/A  x-0-10-12-12
F/A   x-0-10-10-10
Em    0-2-2-0-3-3
D/E   x-2-4-4-3-2 (played as Bm on Guitar) 
Em/C  0-3-2-0-0-0 (Played as Cmaj7 on Guitar)
[Intro] Em9 Em/A F/A x8 [Verse 1]
       Em9
If you smile at me

                Em/A F/A
You know I will understand

               Em9
'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does

       Em/A F/A      Em9  Em/A F/A  Em9  Em/A F/A
In the same language
[Verse 2]
           Em9
Well I can see by your coat, my friend

                     Em/A  F/A
That you're from the other side

        Em9
There's just one thing I got to know

        Em/A    F/A        Em9  Em/A F/A  Em9  Em/A F/A
Can you tell me please who won?
[Verse 3]
         Em9                           Em/A
You must try some of my purple berries

            F/A
I've been eating them for

Em9                                 Em/A      F/A
six or seven weeks now, haven't got sick once

                 Em          A Dsus4 D Em   A Dsus4 D Em  A Dsus4 D  Fmaj7/C
Probably keep us both alive,           yeah
[Chorus]
Em                         A    Dsus4 D Em
Wooden ships on the water, very free    (and easy)

                               A        Dsus4 D
Easy you know, the way it's supposed to be

Em                             A        Dsus4 D
Silver people on the shoreline leave us be

Fmaj7/C       D/E
Very free and easy
[Verse 4]
                    Em/C               D/E  Em/C  D/E
Sail away where the morning sun goes high

                    Em/C               D/E            Em/C  D/E
Sail away where the wind blows sweet, young birds fly

                     Em/C D
Take a sister by her hand

                                   C D Em
Lead her far from this barren land
[Verse 5]
                      A         Dsus4 D Em
Horror grips us as we watch you die

                           A         Dsus4 D Em
All we can do is echo your anguished cry

                        A        Dsus4 D
Stare as all your human feelings die

Fmaj7/C                   D/E     Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D
We are leaving, you don't need us
[Verse 6]
Em                        A      Dsus4 D Em
(Go) Go and take a sister by her hand

                       A       Dsus4 D Em
Lead her far from this foreign land

                         A      Dsus4 D
Somewhere where we might laugh again

Fmaj7/C                   D/E     Em/C    D/E
We are leaving, you don't need us      (us)

Em/C          D/E      Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D/E Em/C D
No, you don't need us
[Chorus]
Em                          A    Dsus4 D          Em
Sailing ships on the water, very free   (and easy)

                              A        Dsus4 D
Easy you know the way it's supposed to be

Em                             A        Dsus4 D
Silver people on the shoreline leave us be

Fmaj7/C       D    C D
Very free and gone
[Outro]
Em                    A       Dsus4 D
No, no, no no, no no, no, no, no

Em                      A       Dsus4 D
O no, no, no no, no no, no, no, o       ba

Em                   A       D
Ah no no, no no, no no, no, no, no

Em  D
Ooh

                  E
Go ride the music

                  D
Go ride the music

                  E
Go ride the music

            D           E
Go ride the music (I'm riding)

            D                 E
Go ride the music baby (I'm riding)

            D     E
Go ride the music

                  D            E D E D E D E D E
Come on, ride the music, child