When the Ship Comes In When the Ship Comes In {c:Words and music Bob Dylan Released on The Times They Are A-changin' (1964) Album version G Bm' Oh the time will come up C/E G When the winds will stop Em C G And the breeze will cease to be breathin'. G Bm' Like the stillness in the wind C G Before the hurricane begins, G D G The hour that the ship comes in. Bm' And the sea will split Am7 G And the ship will hit Bm' Am7 G And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking. G Bm' Then the tide will sound Am7 G And the waves will pound G /B /C D /C /B-G And the morning will be a-brea - king. : . . . : . . . : . . |-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------- |-0---------------|-3---------------|-0---------- |-0---------------|-2---------------|-0---------- |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------- |-2-------2---3---|---------3---2-0-|-2---------- |-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------- morning will be a-break - - - - ing The fishes will laugh As they swim out of the path And the seagulls they'll be smiling. And the rocks on the sand Will proudly stand, The hour that the ship comes in. And the words that are used For to get the ship confused Em C G Will not be understood as they're spoken. For the chains of the sea Will have busted in the night G /B C /B D /C/G-a And be buried at the bottom of the o - cean. A song will lift As the mainsail shifts And the boat drifts on to the shoreline. And the sun will respect The every face on the deck, The hour that the ship comes in. Then the sands will roll Out a carpet of gold Em C G For your weary toes to be a-touchin'. And the ship's wise men Will remind you once again G /B C /B D //BGa That the whole wide world is wa - tchin'. Oh the foes will rise With the sleep still in their eyes And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'. But they'll pinch themselves and squeal And they'll know that it's for real, The hour that the ship comes in. Then they'll raise their hands, Sayin' we'll meet all your demands, But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered. And like Pharaoh's tribe, They'll be drownded in the tide, And like Goliath, they'll be conquered. The Bootleg Series 1-3 version {c:Played on the piano, in basically the same way as the guitar version. I had to tune the guitar up a little bit; he may have played it in Ab major, since he likes the black keys on the piano.} G Bm Oh the time will come up C G When the winds will stop G Bm G And the breeze will cease to be breathin'. G Bm Like the stillness in the wind Em C G 'Fore the hurricane begins, G D C/A G The hour that the ship comes in. Bm Oh the sea will split C G And the ship will hit Bm G And the shoreline's sands will be a-shaking. G Bm Then the tide will sound C G And the waves will pound G /A /B /C D D11/G And the morning will be brea - king.