Windship
by Terry Carise
Tabbed for bass (with guitar chords) by Michael Oxner (moxner@nbnet.nb.ca)


[INTRO] (a descending A scale on guitar matches the song for the 2-bar intro)
  A (x02220@1)  AG:----|----| (x02220@1)D:----|----|
A:----|----|
E:----|----|

[VERSE]
AI (x02220@1)sail the ocean waters
   AMy (x02220@1)woman walks on sand
    D (xx0232@1)             AHer (x02220@1)hopes turn into empty dreams
    F#m (244222@1)         EShe (022100@1)tries to understand

     AI've (x02220@1)faced the winds and the summer storms
    AAnd (x02220@1)left them all behind
D (xx0232@1)              AWindship (x02220@1)take me to her
    E (022100@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)I'll leave the sea this time

A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| (x02220@1)--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|--2-|4---|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|----|2---|--2-|----|
0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0---|--4-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0-0-|--2-|0---|0-4-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|

[CHORUS]
    DOh, (xx0232@1)Windship dip beneath the waves
                   AAnd (x02220@1)part the ocean wide
ABend (x02220@1)the mast and fill the sails
                       EAnd (022100@1)catch the wind and fly

   AMy (x02220@1)woman's love waits far away
    AThe (x02220@1)east wind stirs the sea
D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)      BmSet (x24432@1)the course and head for home
    E (022100@1)               AOh, (x02220@1)windship sail for me

D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  DC#mBm (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|2---|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----| (x02220@1)0---|0---|0---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0---|----|2---|--2-|-----|
--0-|--0-|--0-|0---|0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|0---|----|0---|0-4-|--4-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0024-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|

[BRIDGE]
  DC#mBm (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  AG:----|----|----|----|----|----| (x02220@1)D:0---|----|----|2---|--2-|----|
A:--4-|2-2-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0-0-|
E:----|----|----|----|----|----|

[VERSE]
     AI've (x02220@1)seen the days of the ocean spray
    AAnd (x02220@1)felt the waves' caress
    D (xx0232@1)             AThe (x02220@1)sea has been my mistress
    F#m (244222@1)            EBut (022100@1)today I love her less

    AHer (x02220@1)face came to my sleepless mind
    AAnd (x02220@1)lingered there for days
D (xx0232@1)              AWindship (x02220@1)take me to my love
            E (022100@1)           A'Cause (x02220@1)I've been too long away

A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A----|----|2---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| (x02220@1)--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|--2-|4---|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|0-0-|----|2---|--2-|----|
0---|0---|----|0-4-|----|0---|--4-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0-4-|----|0-0-|--2-|0---|0-4-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|


[CHORUS] (play twice, then [CODA])
    DOh, (xx0232@1)Windship dip beneath the waves
                   AAnd (x02220@1)part the ocean wide
ABend (x02220@1)the mast and fill the sails
                       EAnd (022100@1)catch the wind and fly

   AMy (x02220@1)woman's love waits far away
   AAn (x02220@1)east wind stirs the sea
D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)      BmSet (x24432@1)the course and head for home
    E (022100@1)               AOh, (x02220@1)windship sail for me

D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  DC#mBm (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  A----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----| (x02220@1)0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|--2-|--2-|----|2---|--2-|--2-|--2-|--2-|0---|----|2---|--2-|-----|
--0-|--0-|----|0---|0---|0---|0-0-|--2-|0---|0---|0---|0---|--4-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0024-|
----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-----|

[CODA]

D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)      Bm (x24432@1)          BmSet (x24432@1)the course and head for home
  E (022100@1)               AA (x02220@1)windship sails for me

  DC#mBm (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1) E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  AG:----|----|----|----|----|----| (x02220@1)D:0---|----|----|2---|--2-|----|
A:--4-|2-2-|2-2-|--2-|0---|0-0-|
E:----|----|----|----|----|-0--|