Jefferson Airplane – Wooden Ships chords

Here is the Airplane's great recording of the Kantner/Stills collaboration. These 
are the main chords Paul plays. Jorma solos in E minor pentatonic. If anyone wants 
the solo tab, comment and say so. This is pretty easy, you just have to remember 
the Cmaj7 in the first verse and the Cmaj7 in the "sail away..." part are 
different. I put the chord shapes at the bottom. Have fun.

G5                         Cmaj7   Dm If you smile at me I would understand
                G5 Because that is something
                                Cmaj7  Dm      G5 Cmaj7 DmEveryone does everywhere in the same language
G5                                               Cmaj7 Dm I can see by your coat my friend you’re from the other side
        G5 There's just one thing I've got to know
        Cmaj7   Dm          G5    Cmaj7 Dm       G5 Cmaj7 DmCan you tell me please, who won?
         G5                             Cmaj7 You must try some of my purple berries
            Dm            G5I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
            Cmaj7    Dm                 Em         A D Haven't got sick once, probably keep us both alive 

Em A D
E A D F/C

Em                         A    DWooden ships on the water, very free 
Em                             A        DEasy, you know the way it's supposed to be
Em                             A        DSilver people on the shoreline leave us be
Cmaj7         EmVery free and easy

Em                  Cmaj7                Em Cmaj7Sail away where the morning sun goes high
Em                     Cmaj7                Em              Cmaj7   Sail away where the wind blows sweet and young birds fly
Em               Cmaj7       D                                   C D   Take a sister by her hand, lead her far from this barren land

Em                    A         DHorror grips us as we watch you die
Em                         A         DAll we can do is echo your anguished cries 
Em                 A        DStare as all human feelings die 
Cmaj7                         Em Cmaj7We are leaving you don't need us 

Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
D







Em                   A      DGo and take a sister by her hand
Em                    A       D   Lead her from this foreign land 
Em                          A      D   Somewhere where we might laugh again
Cmaj7                    Em       Cmaj7We are leaving you don't need us 

Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7  D

Em                         A    DSailing ships on the water very free
Em                            A        DEasy you know the way it's supposed to be
Em                             A        DSilver people on the shoreline leave us be 
Cmaj7         Em   Cmaj7 DVery free and gone


Em                  A     DNo no no no, no no, no no no
Em                  A     DNo no no no, no no, no no no
Em                  A     DNo no no no, no no, no no no


Em D     Come ride the music 
Em                     D   Come ride the music

Come ride the music
E             D  Go ride the music
E             D  Go ride the music
E             D  Go ride the music
E             D  Go ride the music

E D
E D
E D
E D


G5 x-10-12-12-x-x
Cmaj7 x-x-10-12-12-x
Dm x-x-x-10-10-10

Em 0-2-2-x-x-x
A  x-0-2-2-2-x
D  x-x-0-2-3-2
F/C x-3-3-2-1-1

Em 0-2-2-x-x-x
Cmaj7 3-3-2-x-x-x
C x-3-2-0-1-x
D x-x-0-2-3-2