Band: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Song: Sink Ships Album: Cardinology Capo 3 Intro: D e|----2p0-----------------------------------| B|--3------3--------------------------------| G|--2-----2---0h2-0---0h2-2---2--2h4-0------| D|--0----------------------------------2----| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Verse: D G Sunlight falls on your hands C G Bb C As you type, just something in my head D G C standing in, this empty space, your desk is gone G Bb C the wall still dark..from where it when Chorus: Bb C G F F This position is not open now for applicants Bb the application forms got shreaded C there were faulty wordin' in the documents G I can still hear you laughin' F C coming up the rickity stairs G F C laughing as the springtime filled your lungs with air G F C grey smoke hung out like patches in your hair like fire Bb C G like birds inside a bell Verse: D G I break those prows in back of my mind C G Bb C while the sun is out, no it's still up and the light is shining D G the season push and pull enough to get us through C G Bb C well my mind is open like a door to an empty room Chorus: Bb C G F F This position is not open now for applicants Bb the application forms got shreaded C there were faulty wordin' in the documents G I can still hear you laughin' F C coming up the rickity stairs G F C laughing as the springtime filled your lungs with air G F C grey smoke hung out like patches in your hair like fire Bb C G like birds inside a bell Outro: C if Somehow Am I'd have known Am i'd rather come down C with the ship C than be without you Am if only for the chance Am to hold you hand C to be your friend C I never got there last time Am i'd rather come down Am in this C Am the war is over, the war is over, the war is over Am and I'm waiting in the sinking ships DGCGBC D G C G If only I had known Bb C G If only I had known