Ships Harmonica Tabs

By: Ian Hunter
Key: Ab, B, F

Key: Ab

3* 4 4 4 4
We walked to the sea,
-3* 3* -3* -3* 3* -3*
just my fa-ther and me
4* 4 3* -3* 4 4 4
And the dogs played a-round
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in the sand.
3* -3* 4 4 4 4
Win-ter cold cut the air,
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Hang-ing still ev-`ry-where
4* 4 3* -3* 4 4
Dressed in gray did he say
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hold my hand?
4 4 4* -5* 4
I said love’s eas-ier
3* -2* -2*-2 4*
when it’s far a-way
-3*-3* 4 4* 4 -3* 3* 3
We sat and watched the dis-tant lights.

Key: B

3* -3* -4 -4 -3* -4 4* 3*
We’re two ships that pass in the night
3* -3* -4 4* -4 -3* -4 4* 3*
And we smile when we say it’s al-right.
3* -3* -4
We’re still here,
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it’s just that we’re out of sight
3* -3* -4 -4 4* -4 -6* -5*4*4
Like those ships that pass in the night.

Key: Ab

3* -3* 4 4 4 4
There’s a boat on the line
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where the sea meets the sky.
4* 4 3* -3* 4 4 -3* 4 3*-1*-2
There’s an-oth-er that rides far be-hind.
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And it seems you and I
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are like strang-ers a wide
4 -3* 3* -3* 4 4 -3* 3* -6
Ways a-part as we drift on through time.
5 5 5* -5* 4 3* -2* -2* -2 4*
He said it’s hard-er now we’re far a-way
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We on-ly read you when you write.

Key: B

3* -3* -4 -4 -3* -4 4* 3*
We’re two ships that pass in the night
3* -3* -4 4* -4 -3* -4 4* 3*
And we smile when we say it’s al-right.
3* -3* -4
We’re still here,
-6* -6* -6* -6* 6 -5* -4-2*3*
It’s just that we’re out of sight
3* -3* -4 -4 4* -4 -6* 5*
Like those ships that pass in the night.

Key: F

-5 6 -6 -6 6 5 -3 -5
We’re just ships that pass in the night
-5 6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 7 -5
And we smile when we say it’s al-right.
-5 6 -6
We’re still here,
-6 -6 -6 6 7 6 -66-5
It’s just that we’re out of sight
-5 6 -6 6 -6 7 7 -6 6
Like those ships that pass in the night.

-5 6 -6 -6 6 5 -3 -5
We’re just ships that pass in the night
-5 6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 7 -5
And we smile when we say it’s al-right.
-5 6 -6
We’re still here,
-6 -6 -6 6 7 6 -66-5
It’s just that we’re out of sight
-5 6 -6 6 -6 7 7 -6 6
Like those ships that pass in the night.