Band: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Song: Sink Ships
Album: Cardinology

Capo 3

Intro:
             D (xx0232@1)               
e|----2p0-----------------------------------|
B|--3------3--------------------------------| 
G|--2-----2---0h2-0---0h2-2---2--2h4-0------| 
D|--0----------------------------------2----| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------|


Verse:

D (xx0232@1)                    GSunlight (320003@1)falls on your hands
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)    CAs (x32010@1)you type, just something in my head
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)               Cstanding (x32010@1)in, this empty space, your desk is gone
    G (320003@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)     Cthe (x32010@1)wall still dark..from where it when 

Chorus:

Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) FThis (133211@1)position is not open now for applicants
Bbthe (x1333x@1)application forms got shreaded
Cthere (x32010@1)were faulty wordin' in the documents
GI (320003@1)can still hear you laughin'
F (133211@1)                  Ccoming (x32010@1)up the rickity stairs
G (320003@1)                                               F (133211@1)  Claughing (x32010@1)as the springtime filled your lungs with air
G (320003@1)                                          F (133211@1)      Cgrey (x32010@1)smoke hung out like patches in your hair like fire
Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)      Glike (320003@1)birds inside a bell

Verse:

  D (xx0232@1)                    GI (320003@1)break those prows in back of my mind
       C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)    Cwhile (x32010@1)the sun is out, no it's still up and the light is shining
D (xx0232@1)                        Gthe (320003@1)season push and pull enough to get us through
         C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)   Cwell (x32010@1)my mind is open like a door to an empty room

Chorus:

Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) FThis (133211@1)position is not open now for applicants
Bbthe (x1333x@1)application forms got shreaded
Cthere (x32010@1)were faulty wordin' in the documents
GI (320003@1)can still hear you laughin'
F (133211@1)                  Ccoming (x32010@1)up the rickity stairs
G (320003@1)                                               F (133211@1)  Claughing (x32010@1)as the springtime filled your lungs with air
G (320003@1)                                          F (133211@1)      Cgrey (x32010@1)smoke hung out like patches in your hair like fire
Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)      Glike (320003@1)birds inside a bell

Outro:

C (x32010@1)              
if Somehow   
AmI'd (x02210@1)have known
Ami'd (x02210@1)rather come down
          Cwith (x32010@1)the ship
Cthan (x32010@1)be without you
                 Amif (x02210@1)only for the chance
Amto (x02210@1)hold you hand
                Cto (x32010@1)be your friend
CI (x32010@1)never got there last time
               Ami'd (x02210@1)rather come down
Amin (x02210@1)this
    C (x32010@1)                                      Amthe (x02210@1)war is over, the war is over, the war is over
        Amand (x02210@1)I'm waiting in the sinking ships

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C

D G C G
If only I had known
   Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)   GIf (320003@1)only I had known