Ship of fools (1988)    (video)    (midi)

 

    ...  Em - G - C - Bm   - Em - G - Am - D

 

   Em                     G                           C          - Bm

1.     On waves of love my heart is breaking,

             Em                     G                 Am               D

    and stranger still, my self-control I can't rely on anymore.

Em                       G                            C          -  Bm

    New tides surprise, my world it's changing,

         Em                       G                     Am                         D

    within this frame an ocean swells behind this smile, I know it well.

 

+  Am

 

   Em                   G                          C         - Bm

2.      Beneath a lover's moon I'm waiting,

      Em               G                    Am                   D

    I am the pilot of the storm, adrift in pleasure I may drown.

Em                  G                  C         - Bm

    I built this ship, it is my making,

           Em                     G                 Am               D

    and furthermore my self-control I can't rely on anymore.

 

Am            G   - D     Am              G    - D

    I know why,                I know why.

   G             Em        D       C                          G

Crazy on a ship of fools, crazy on a ship of fools.

Em                G                - Em                   G

    Turn this boat around,         back to my loving ground,

 C            Bm

oh no, oh no.

 

+  Em - G - C - Bm   - Em - G - Am - D

 

   Em                           G                   C        -  Bm

3.     Who claims that no man is an island,

            Em                G                    Am                     D

    while I land up in jeopardy more distant from you by degrees ?

Em                   G             C         - Bm

    I walk this shore in isolation,

 

          Em               G                 Am                    D

    and at my feet eternity draws ever sweeter plans for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Am            G   - D    Am              G    - D

    I know why,               I know why.

   G             Em        D              C                         G

Crazy on a ship of fools, oh, crazy on a ship of fools.

Em                G                - Em                   G

    Turn this boat around,         back to my loving ground,

 C            Bm               A

oh no, oh no, ship of fools.

 

+  Em - G - C - Bm   - Em - G - Am - D (4x)

 

  Em                G                - Em                   G                     - C      Bm

+     Turn this boat around,         back to my loving ground,       oh no.

       G             Em        D              C                         G

    Crazy on a ship of fools, oh, crazy on a ship of fools.

Em                G                - Em                   G

    Turn this boat around,         back to my loving ground,

C                 Bm             Em

    oh no, oh no, ship of fools.

 

+  Em - G - C - Bm   - Em - G - Am - D (5x)  - G

 

    (Robert Plant)