• Song:

    Wooden Ships

  • Artist:

    Jefferson Airplane

  • Album:

    Journey: The Best Of

Here is the Airplane's great recording of the Kantner/Stills collaboration. These
are the main chords Paul plays. Jorma solos in E minor pentatonic. If anyone wants 
the solo tab, comment and say so. This is pretty easy, you just have to remember 
the Cmaj7 in the first verse and the Cmaj7 in the "sail away..." part are 
different. I put the chord shapes at the bottom. Have fun.

G5 (355xxx@1)                       Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Dm (xx0231@1)If you smile at me I would understand
                G5 (355xxx@1)Because that is something
                                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)    G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 DmEveryone (xx0231@1)does everywhere in the same language
G5 (355xxx@1)                                             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm 
I can see by your coat my friend you're from the other side
        G5 (355xxx@1)There's just one thing I've got to know
        Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Dm (xx0231@1)        G5 (355xxx@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm       G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7 DmCan (xx0231@1)you tell me please, who won?
         G5 (355xxx@1)                           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)You must try some of my purple berries
            Dm (xx0231@1)          G5I've (355xxx@1)been eating them for six or seven weeks now
            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)               Em (022000@1)       A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D 
Haven't got sick once, probably keep us both alive 

Em A D
E A D F/C

Em (022000@1)                       A (x02220@1)  DWooden (xx0232@1)ships on the water, very free 
Em (022000@1)                           A (x02220@1)      DEasy, (xx0232@1)you know the way it's supposed to be
Em (022000@1)                           A (x02220@1)      DSilver (xx0232@1)people on the shoreline leave us be
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       EmVery (022000@1)free and easy

Em (022000@1)                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
Sail away where the morning sun goes high
Em (022000@1)                   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              Em (022000@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Sail away where the wind blows sweet and young birds fly
Em (022000@1)             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     D (xx0232@1)                                 C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
   Take a sister by her hand, lead her far from this barren land

Em (022000@1)                  A (x02220@1)       DHorror (xx0232@1)grips us as we watch you die
Em (022000@1)                       A (x02220@1)       DAll (xx0232@1)we can do is echo your anguished cries 
Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)      DStare (xx0232@1)as all human feelings die 
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                       Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32000@1">Cmaj7
We are leaving you don't need us 

Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
D (xx0232@1)





Em (022000@1)                 A (x02220@1)    DGo (xx0232@1)and take a sister by her hand
Em (022000@1)                  A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)  Lead her from this foreign land 
Em (022000@1)                        A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Somewhere where we might laugh again
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                  Em (022000@1)     Cmaj7We (x32000@1)are leaving you don't need us 

Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7  D

Em (022000@1)                       A (x02220@1)  DSailing (xx0232@1)ships on the water very free
Em (022000@1)                          A (x02220@1)      DEasy (xx0232@1)you know the way it's supposed to be
Em (022000@1)                           A (x02220@1)      DSilver (xx0232@1)people on the shoreline leave us be 
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       Em (022000@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Very free and gone


Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)   DNo (xx0232@1)no no no, no no, no no no
Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)   DNo (xx0232@1)no no no, no no, no no no
Em (022000@1)                A (x02220@1)   DNo (xx0232@1)no no no, no no, no no no


Em D
     Come ride the music 
Em (022000@1)                   D (xx0232@1)  Come ride the music

Come ride the music
E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1) Go ride the music
E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1) Go ride the music
E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1) Go ride the music
E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1) Go ride the music

E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D


G5 x-10-12-12-x-x
Cmaj7 x-x-10-12-12-x
Dm x-x-x-10-10-10

Em 0-2-2-x-x-x
A  x-0-2-2-2-x
D  x-x-0-2-3-2
F/C x-3-3-2-1-1

Em 0-2-2-x-x-x
Cmaj7 3-3-2-x-x-x
C x-3-2-0-1-x
D x-x-0-2-3-2


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