Intro & verses: C F (strum & pick randomly) "we could almost see the distant shore" e|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------ B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0-h2--0--------|---3---------------------------| A|----3----------------3-----------------3-----|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| C F (as above) "when my little sweetheart jumped overboard..." (verses continue pretty much the same) e|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0--------------|---3---------------------------| A|----3----------------3-----------h3--2--3----|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------ instrumental bit: (between sections of first verse) C F (as above) e|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0--h2-------5-5-5--3--2--3------|---3---------------------------| A|----3---------------3----3-3-3--3--3--3------|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| verse continues much the same as before, until... CHORUS: "now i'm building ships to carry me home..." then "back to where i..." (strum these chords for four [slow] counts each x2- for first two lines) ? C e|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| B|---4----------------------------|---1--------------------------------------| G|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| D|---5----------------------------|---2--------------------------------------| A|---3----------------------------|---3--------------------------------------| E|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| "...ba-a-a-a-ack to a place where..." (2 counts, 2 counts, 4 counts) ? ? C e|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------| B|---4-------|---3------|---1------------------------------------------------| G|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------| D|---5-------|---4------|---2------------------------------------------------| A|---3-------|---2------|---3------------------------------------------------| E|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------| ~continue as before for remaining verse and chorus (for end of last chorus, continue for the first line of the chorus until back into the verse), ends with verse the same as Hope this is all good =) | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================