SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN
Joe Diffie
Album: Regular Joe
Submitted by: Christopher R.
12/8/2021

Capo 1st Fret (to match original recording)

Dm7/G = 300211

Intro: (G) (C/G) (Cm/G) (G) (C) (Cm/G) (G/D) 

I could (G) tell he'd had a tough life
By the (Dm7/G) way he sat and stared
And (C) me, I'd come to push and shove
So (G) I pulled up a chair
We (G) talked of roads untraveled
We (Dm7/G) talked of love untrue
Of (C) strings that come unraveled
We were (G) kings and kindred fools

And (Am7) just when I'd hit bottom
That (C/D) old man raised his (D) glass
And said at (Am7) least we've had our chances
There's (C/D) those who never (D) have

  So (C) here's to all the (D) soldiers
  Who have (G) ever (D/F#) (Em7) died in vain
  (D/G) The (Am7) insane locked up (D) in themselves
  The (G) homeless down (C/D) on (G) Main (Am7) (G/B)
  To (C) those who stand on (D) empty shores
  And (Bm7) spit against the (C) wind
  And (Am7) those who (Bm7) wait for(Cadd9)ever
  For ships that don't come (G) in
 
(G) (C/G) (Cm/G) (G) (C) (Cm/G) (G/D)  

He said it's only life's illusions
That bring us to this bar
To pick up these old crutches
And compare each other's scars
'Cause the things we're calling heartaches
Hell, they're hardly worth our time
We b***h about a dollar
When there's those without a dime

And as he ordered one last round
He said I guess we can't complain
God made life a gamble
And we're still in the game

Repeat Chorus

  And (Am7) those who (Bm7) wait for(Cadd9)ever........
  For ships that don't come (G) in (C/G) (Cm/G) (G) (C) (Cm/G) (G)