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Sinking Ships

Bee Gees

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
A×
A7×
C×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: D D G D 
 
D 
Sinking ships, 
              G            D                   A   (A7) 
watching them sail and the sun as sinks in the sea. 
D 
Crashing planes, 
         G           D                            A 
only the eyes of the doomed with a smile on their face. 
 
     G                       C G D 
So I say to myself that it s re  al? 
     G           
So I look inside myself. 
      C G D 
Can I fe el? 
 
D 
Colored cups, 
             G            D                         A    (A C) 
windows that slide up and down with a squeak in the side. 
D 
Funny day, 
            G         D                        A 
banging the door to a close as it's hurting my knee 
 
     G                       C G D 
So I say to myself that it s re  al? 
     G           
So I look inside myself. 
      C G D 
Can I fe el? 
 
C G C  G C G 
 
D 
Sinking ships, 
              G            D                   A   (A C) 
watching them sail and the sun as sinks in the sea. 
D 
Crashing planes, 
         G           D                            A 
only the eyes of the doomed with a smile on their face. 
 
     G                       C G D 
So I say to myself that it s re  al? 
     G           
So I look inside myself. 
      C G D 
Can I fe el? 
 
C G C  G C G 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · A · A7 · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.