Intro: E5 A5 F#5 E5 A5 D5 A5 D5 We walked to the sea E5 F? Just my father and me F#5 F#5 D5 And the dogs played around on the sand A5 D5 Winter cold cut the air E5 F? Hangin' still everywhere F#5 F#5 D5 D5 A5 Dressed in gray, did he say Hold my hand D5 D5 C#5 B5 I said, love's easier when it's far away B5 B5 E5 We sat and watched a distant light C5 E5 F5 F5 We're two ships that pass in the night C5 E5 F5 F5 We both smile and we say it's alright C5 We're still here E5 F5 It's just that we're out of sight E5 A5 G5 F5 G5 ( A5 D5 ) Like those ships that pass in the night A5 D5 There's a boat on the line E5 F? Where the sea meets the sky F#5 F#5 D5 There's another that rides far behind A5 D5 E5 And it seems you and I are like strangers F? F#5 F#5 D5 D5 A5 A wide ways apart as we drift on through time D5 D5 C#5 B5 He said, it's harder now, we're far away B5 B5 E5 We only read you when you write We're two ships that pass in the night And we smile when we say it's alright We're still here It's just that we're out of sight Like those ships that pass in the night We're just ships that pass in the night And we smile when we say it's alright We're still here It's just that we're out of sight Like those ships that pass in the night We're just two ships that pass in the night And we smile when we say it's alright We're still here It's just that we're out of sight more