Ships in the Night- Mat Kearney
Tabbed by: Iltrivosk
Please rate and post comments if you have any corrections, this is a pretty basic tab.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Capo 2 for all chords (verses and chorus); the tabs (prechorus and solo) are not written
in respect to the capo, so just use the usual fret numbers.
Chords (in respect to Capo 2):
C Cmaj7 D Em G G6 Gsus4/E
e|--0-----0-----2-----0----3-----0------3----|
B|--1-----3-----3-----0----3-----3------3----|
G|--0-----0-----2-----0----0-----0------0----|
D|--2-----2-----0-----2----0-----0------0----|
A|--3-----3-----x-----2----2-----2------3----|
E|--0-----0-----x-----0----3-----3------0----|
Intro/Beginning Chorus (piano)
Like ships in the night
You keep passing me by
Just wasting time
Trying to prove who's right
And if it all goes crashing into the sea
If it's just you and me
Trying to find a light
Verse 1:
C Gsus4/E
Like ships in the night letting cannonballs fly
G6 Cmaj7
Say what you mean and it turns to a fight
C Gsus4/E
Fists fly from my mouth as it turns south
G6 Cmaj7
You're down the driveway, I'm on the couch
C Gsus4/E
Chasing your dreams since the violent fifth grade
G6 Cmaj7
Trying to believe in your silent own way
C Gsus4/E
'Cause you'll be okay, I'm not going away
G6 Cmaj7
You watched your fourteen as it went down the drain
C Gsus4/E
Your pop's stayed the same and your mom's moved away
G6 Cmaj7
How many of our parents seem to make it anyway?
C Gsus4/E
We're just fumbling through the gray
G6 Cmaj7
Trying to find a heart that's not walking away
Pre-chorus:
Turn the lights down low
Walk these halls alone
We can feel so far
From so close
e|-----------2-----------------|
B|---2----------2-----2--------|
G|------2----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Chorus:
Gsus4/E
Like ships in the night
G6
You keep passing me by
Gsus4/E
Just wasting time
G6
Trying to prove who's right
G D C
And if it all goes crashing into the sea
Gsus4/E
If it's just you and me
Em
Trying to find a light
G6
Like ships in the night
Cmaj7
You're passing me by
G6
You're passing me by
Cmaj7
Like ships in the night
Verse 2:
C Gsus4/E
I'm at the airport waiting on the second plane
G6 Cmaj7
Had to pack you had cramps and I was late
C Gsus4/E
Headed to a red carpet they won't know my name
G6 Cmaj7
Riding in silence all that we wanna say
C Gsus4/E
'Bout to board when you call on the phone
G6 Cmaj7
You say "I'm sorry I'll be waiting at home"
C Gsus4/E
Feels like we're burning this out on our own
G6 Cmaj7
Trying to find our way down a road we don't know
Pre-chorus:
Turn the lights down low
Walk these halls alone
We can feel so far
From so close
e|-----------2-----------------|
B|---2----------2-----2--------|
G|------2----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Chorus:
Gsus4/E
Like ships in the night
G6
You keep passing me by
Gsus4/E
Just wasting time
G6
Trying to prove who's right
G D C
And if it all goes crashing into the sea
Gsus4/E
If it's just you and me
Em
Trying to find a light
G6
Like ships in the night
Cmaj7
You're passing me by
G6
You're passing me by
Cmaj7
Like ships in the night
Solo (again, not relative to capo):
I'm gonna find my way
Back to your side
Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa
I'm gonna find my way
Back to your side
Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(entire solo x2, first time without lyrics, second time with. Also, during the second
solo, strum back and forth between a G6 and a Cmaj7)
Chorus:
Gsus4/E
Like ships in the night
G6
You keep passing me by
Gsus4/E
Just wasting time
G6
Trying to prove who's right
G D C
And if it all goes crashing into the sea
Gsus4/E
If it's just you and me
Em
Trying to find a light
G6
Like ships in the night
Cmaj7
You're passing me by
G6
You're passing me by
Cmaj7
Like ships in the night
Outro: (more piano)
Hopefully these are right, again you can comment for any corrections! Enjoy.
