Ships In The Harbor Chords by Tommy Prine

[Intro]

G  D
G  D
Bm  G  D
D
 
 
[Verse]

G                       D
It must be the morning again,
    G               D     
The sun through the window 
     D          A
Felt good on my skin,
      Bm              G     
So it must be leaving soon, 
      D      D
As it should.
 
 
[Verse]

  G       D         D
I saw the bluebird again,
    G          D          D   
She pointed it out in the yard 
       A
On our fence,
      Bm              G     
So it must be leaving soon, 
      D      D
As it should.
 
 
[Chorus]

         G
When I’m standing by water,
        A
It gets harder and harder,
     Bm                        
It’s why I get sad when there’s 
G                    G
Ships in the harbor,
           D               A             D     D
Cause they must be leaving soon, as they should.
 
 
[Interlude]
D
 
 
[Verse 3]
G        D          D
I got to see an old friend,
   G                  D         
We laughed and stayed up till it 
D          A
Came to an end,
         Bm              G
Cause he must be leaving soon,
      D        D
As he should.
 
 
[Verse 4]
  G           D           D
I tend to get lost in the stars,
  G           D               D    
I waste every night wondering where 
       A
We all are,
           Bm              G    
And how we must be leaving soon,   
      D       D
As we should.
 
 
[Chorus]

         G
When I’m standing by water,
        A
It gets harder and harder,
     Bm                       
It’s why I get sad when there’s 
G            D        G
Ships in the harbor,
           D                A   
Cause they must, be leaving soon, 
        D     D
As they should.
 
 
[Interlude]

D  A  G  D
D  A  G  D
D
 
 
[Verse]

   G             D        
It takes time to know when 
       D
You’re wrong,
   G          D         
It takes even longer to 
       D        A
Put it all in a song,
      Bm          D    G   
And I wish it was easy to, 
     D       D
Like he did.
 
 
[Chorus]

         G
When I’m by peaceful waters,
        A
It gets harder and harder,
    Bm                 
I’d do anything just to 
G
Talk to my father,
      D                    A     
But I guess he was leaving soon, 
      Bm   Bm
As we do.
 
 
[Outro]

       D                     A       
Yeah I guess, he was passing through; 
         D
And I am too.

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ℹ️ About This Song

Pretty simple chords to play. No capo needed.

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Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: D
• Chords: G, D, Bm, A
• BPM: 151
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
G – 320003 D – xx0232 Bm – x24432 A – x02220	G – 0232 D – 2220 Bm – 4222 A – 2100

Track Info

• Song: Ships In The Harbor
• Artist: Tommy Prine
• Released Date: 9 September 2022