Lyrics

Ships / Words & Music: Carter Lansing

Intro:
E5 / EM7(no 3rd) / DM7sus2 / Asus2/E

Bsus4/F#
verse 1
E5 EM7 DM7sus2 A sus2/E
I will be your anchor
E5 EM7 DM7sus2 A sus2/E
if you will be my sail.
E5 EM7 DM7sus2 A sus2/E
We’ll leave behind these Dying Lands and
E5 EM7 DM7sus2 A sus2/E
live beyond the pale.
E5 EM7 DM7sus2 A sus2/E
Somewhere beyond the pale.

Bsus4/F#

verse 2
Don’t know how it all got started.
But we all know how it ends.
We were not made for these Dying Lands
no matter how we pretend.
no matter how much we pretend.

Bsus4/F#

Chorus
C#m7/G# Asus2/E Bsus4/F#
Ships are safe at harbor.
C#m7/G# Asus2/E Bsus4/F#
But that’s not what ships are for.
C#m7/G# Asus2/E Bsus4/F#
We’ll take to the waves and wander
Asus2/E BM7sus4/F#
till we fall off the end of the world.

verse 3
The past is for the Dead and gone.
Tomorrow is for the young.
Today is the only day we have
and our day is never done.
And our work is never done.
Chorus
Ships are safe at harbor.
But that’s not what ships are for.
We’ll take to the waves and wander
till we fall off the end of the world.

I will be your anchor
if you will be my sail.