Ships That Don’t Come In
By Joe Diffie 

tabbed by Matellmon
REVISED By gdewey 
Im not sure about chord names follow tab

Capo 4th Fret i think or match CD

G        320003
D        xx0232
C        X32010
A7       X02020
B/Dsus   x20030
Bb/Dsus  x10030

THIS WILL REQUIER THUMB AND FINGER 
ALSO KNOWN AS HIBREED PICKING OR JUST HIT MAIN NOTES
IF YOU WON'T DROP 6TH STRING E DOWN TO D AND ADDLIBE


E====0H2~0~=======0~2~~====0~2~===2H3~=2=0======
B=3=======3~~==3~=======3======3~=========3~=3~~
G==2=============2========2=====2==========2~~==
D=0=============0========0=====0~=0~~===========
A==============2~=======1=======================
E===============================================


[D]I COULD TELL HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE, 
BY THE [Am]WAY HE SAT AND STARED

AND [G]ME, I’D COME TO PUSH AND SHOVE, 
SO [D]I PULLED UP I CHAIR

WE TALKED OF ROADS UNTRAVELED, 
WE [Am]TALKED OF LOVE UNTRUE

OF [G]STRINGS THAT COME UNRAVELED, 
WE WERE [D]KINGS OF KINDRED FOOLS

AND [Em]JUST WHEN I HIT BOTTOM, 
THAT [A7]OLD MAN RAISES HIS GLASS.

AND SAID AT [Em]LEAST WE’VE HAD OUR CHANCES,  
THERES [A7]THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE


CHORUS

SO [G]HERES TO ALL THE [A7]SOLDIERS, 
WHO HAVE [D]EVER DIED IN VANE

THE [Em]INSANE LOCKED UP [A7]IN THEMSELVES, 
THE [D]HOMELESS DOWN ON MAIN

TO [Em]THOSE WHO STAND ON [A7]EMPTY SHORES, 
AND [Bm7]SPIT AGAINST THE [G]WIND

AND [Em]THOSE WHO [Em/F#]WAIT FOR[G]EVER,  
FOR SHIPS THAT [G/E]DON’T COME [D]IN.

INTRO [D][B/Dsus] [Bb/Dsus] [D]

[D]HE SAID ITS ONLY LIFES ILLUSIONS,
THAT [Am]BRING US TO THIS BAR

TO [G]PICK UP THESE OLD CRUTCHES,
AND [D]COMPARE EACH OTHERS SCARS

[D]CAUSE THE THING WERE CALLING HEARTACHE, 
HELL, [Am]THERE HARLDLY WORTH OUR TIME 

WE’D [G]B***H ABOUT A DOLLAR,
WHEN THERES [D]THOSE WITHOUT A DIME

AS HE [Em7]ORDERED ONE LAST ROUND HE SAID,
I [A7]GUESS WE CAN’T COMPLAIN

[Em]GOD MADE LIFE A GAMBLE
AND [A]WERE STILL IN THE [A7]GAME 

SEE CHORUS

AND [Em]THOSE WHO [Em/F#]WAIT FOR[G]EVER,  
FOR SHIPS THAT DON’T COME IN.

outro [D][B/Dsus] [Bb/Dsus] [D]