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Like a Ship

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Written by Bob Dylan and/or the rest of the Wilburys
Recorded May 1988 during the first Traveling Wilburys sessions, and included on the 2007 reissue of Traveling Wilburys vol. 1
 

 

Em D | G . . Em D | G . .
            
Em   D G    Em D   G
Like a ship on the see
Em  D   G          Em D G
    Her love rolls over me
G    F C    G  F   C
like a ship on the sea
Em  D   G          Em D G
    Her love rolls over me

C G D    G F C
Go away, go away
Em  D  G  . . Em D | G . .
Let me be
            
Like a weeping willow tree
Her love hangs over me
Like a weeping willow tree
Her love hangs over me

Go away, go away
Let me be
            
Bb                              F        C
Standin' on the white cliffs of Dover
C         G           D
  Lookin' out into space
Bb         F                C
   Another channel to cross over
   Cm            D7
another dream to chase
            
Em D | G . . . | . . G7 . |
C . . . . | G . . . |
D . Am . | G . . .
            
The night is dark and dreary
The wind is howling loud
Your heart is hangin' heavy
When your sweet love ain't around
            
Like a leaf on a tree
her love is shakin' me
Like a leaf on a tree
her love is shakin' me

Go away, go away
       Em  D  G  Em   D G    Em D   G
Let me be
      [Oh, to be like a ship on the sea] 
            
       D     G    F C
Like a leaf, like a ship
       Em  D  G  Em   D G    Em D   G
on the sea
      [Oh, to be like a ship on the sea]
            
            

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