The Pogues - When the Ship Comes In: chords

        G         Bm               C          G
Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop
          G          C              G
And the breeze will cease to be a-breathin
           G               Bm
Like the stillness in the wind before
     C           G
the hurricane begins,
                    D        G
The hour that the ship comes in

         D                       G
And the sea will split and the ships will hit
         D                               G
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking
         D                       G
And the tide will sound and the waves will pound
                 C         D   G
And the morning will be a-breaking

Oh, the fishes will laugh as
they swim out of the path
The seagulls, they'll be smiling
The rocks on the sand will proudly stand
The hour that the ship comes in

Chorus:
And the words that are used for
to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're spoken
For the chains of the sea will have
busted in the night
And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean

A song will lift as the mainsail shifts
The boat, it drifts on to the shoreline
The sun will respect every face on the deck
The hour that the ship comes in

Chorus:
And the sands will roll out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be touchin'
And the ship's wise men will remind us again
The whole wide world is watchin'

The foes will rise with the sleep still
in their eyes
Jerk from their beds and think they're
still dreamin'
They'll pinch themselves and squeal and
know that it's for real
The hour that the ship comes in

Chorus:
Then they'll raise their hands, sayin'
"We'll meet all your demands"
But we'll shout from the bows,
"Your days are numbered"
And like Pharaoh's tribe,
they'll be drownded in the tide
Like Goliath, they'll be conquered