Wooden Ships — Crosby, Stills & Nash

Chords and lyrics for Wooden Ships by Crosby, Stills & Nash (key of Em).

Intro

[D] [A] [G] [Em] [Am7]

Verse 1

[Em]If you smile at me I will [Am7]understand [Fmaj7]
[Em]Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same [Am7]language [Fmaj7] [Em]
[Em]I can see by your coat my friend you're from the other [Am7]side [Fmaj7]
[Em]There's just one thing I've got to know can you tell me [Am7]please [Fmaj7]
[Em]Who [Am7]won?

Verse 2

[Em]Hey can I have some of your purple berries
[Am7]Yes I've been eating them for six or seven weeks [Em]now
[Am7]Haven't got sick once, probably keep us both [Fmaj7]alive [Em] [Am7]

Chorus

[D] [A] [G] [Em]Wooden ships on the water very [G]free [A]and [D]easy
[Em]You know the way it's supposed to [G]be [A] [D]
[Em]Silver people on the shoreline let [G]us [A] [D]be
[Cmaj7]Talkin' about very free and [Em7]easy [Am7] [Em] [Am7]
[D] [A] [G] [Em]Horror grips us as we watch you [G]die [A] [D]
[Em]And all we can do is echo your anguished [G]cry [A] [D]
[Em]Stare as all human feelings [G]die [A] [D]
[Cmaj7]We are leaving you don't need [Em7]us [Am7] [Em] [Am7]

Chorus 2

[D] [A] [G] [Em]Go take a sister then by the [G]hand [A] [D]
[Em]And lead her away from this foreign [G]land [A] [D]
[Em]Far away where we might laugh [G]again [A] [D]
[Cmaj7]We are leaving you don't [Em7]need [Am7]
[Em7]You don't need [Am7]us