Ships That Don’t Come In
Joe Diffie

Capo 1


Intro:

G   C/G   Cm   G
G   C/G   Cm   G


Verse 1:

         G
I could tell he'd had a tough life
        C/G
By the way he sat and stared
    C
And me, I'd come to push and shove
   G
So I pulled up a chair
     G
We talked of roads untraveled 
     C/G
We talked of love untrue 
     C
Of strings that come unraveled 
         G
We were kings and kindred fools
     Am
And just when I'd hit bottom
      D
That old man raised his glass 
             Am
And said at least we had our chances
          D
There's those who never have


Chorus:

    C                  D
So here's to all the soldiers 
          G   D/F#     Em
Who have ever died in vain 
     Am               D
The insane locked up in themselves
       G              G - Am - G/B - C
The homeless down on Main
     C                  D
To those who stand on empty shores
     Bm                C   C - G/B - Am
And spit against the wind
     Am       G/B     C
And those who wait forever 
                           G
For ships that don't come in


Instrumental:

G  C/G  Cm  G


Verse 2:

              G
He said it's only life's illusions 
      C/G
That bring us to this bar 
    C
To pick up these old crutches 
       G
And compare each other's scars 
           G
'Cuz the things we're calling heartaches
               C/G
Hell, they're hardly worth our time 
    C
We bitch about a dollar 
               G
When there's those without a dime. 
            Am
And as he ordered one last round, he said
    D                    C - G/B - Am 
I guess we can't complain 
Am
God made life a gamble
      D
And we're still in the game.


[Repeat Chorus]


Tag:

     Am       G/B     C
And those who wait forever
                          G
For ships that don’t come in


[Repeat Intro]