Ships That Don't Come In
Recorded by Joe Diffie, HIXTAPE, Toby Keith & Luke Combs
Album: HIXTAPE: Vol. 3: DIFTAPE (2024)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
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(Intro: Toby Keith)
I could (G)tell he'd had a tough life
By the (D)way he sat and stared
(C)And me, I'd come to push and shove
So, (D)I pulled up a chair

(Verse 1: Joe Diffie, Toby Keith)
We (G)talked of roads untraveled
We (D)talked of love untrue
Of (C)strings that come unraveled
We were (D)kings and kindred fools
And (C)just when I'd hit bottom
That (D)old man raised his glass
And (C)said at least we had our chances
There's (D)those who never have

(Chorus: Toby Keith)
So (C)here's to all the (D)soldiers
Who have (G)ever (D/F#)died in (Em)vain
The (Am)insane locked up (D)in themselves
The (G)homeless down on Main (Am) (G/B)
To (C)those who stand on (D)empty shores
And (G/B)spit against the (C)wind
And (Am)those who (G/B)wait for-(C)ever
For (C)ships that don't (G)come in / / / |(Em) / / / |(Eb) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 2: Luke Combs, Joe Diffie)
He said it's (G)only life's illusions
That (D) bring us to this bar
To (C)pick up these old crutches
And com-(G)pare each other's scars
'Cause the (G)things we're calling heartaches
Hell, (D) they're hardly worth our time
(C)We b***h about a dollar
When there's (G)those without a dime

(Bridge: Luke Combs)
And as he (Am)ordered one last round
He said I (D)guess we can't complain
'Cause (Am)God made life a gamble
And (D)we're still in the game

(Chorus: Luke Combs, Joe Diffie)
So (C)here's to all the (D)soldiers
Who have (G)ever (D/F#)died in (Em)vain
The (Am)insane locked up (D)in themselves
The (G)homeless down on Main (Am) (G/B)
To (C)those who stand on (D)empty shores
And (G/B)spit against the (C)wind
And (Am)those who wait for-(C)ever
For (C)ships that don't come (G)in
And (Am)those who (G/B)wait for-(C)ever
For (C)ships that don't come (G)in

(Outro.)
And (Am)those who (G/B)wait for-(C)ever - - -
For (C)ships that don't come (G)in
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|(G) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Eb) / / / |(G) - - - - -