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[Verse 1]
D                                     Csus2
Years ago a child's brown eyes stared at the mantle piece
D                                     Csus2
And wondered how the ship got in the bottle
D                                     Csus2
When he tried to find the answers, nobody would tell him
D                                     Csus2
And the ship just sat there in the bottle

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D                                   Csus2
Yesterday a man's brown eyes stared at the mantle piece
D                               Csus2
And stared at the ship in the bottle
D                                   Csus2
The corners of his eyes teared when at last he realized
D                                    Csus2
He was sailing on that ship in the bottle

[Chorus]
G                   Cadd9          D
I'm sailin' on that ship in the bottle with
G               Cadd9      G           D
No salt upon my pitch, or wind in my sails
G                      Cadd9         D
And I'm sailing on that ship in the bottle
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
D                             Cadd2
The ship in the bottle never gets to run ashore
D                                 Cadd2
It sits there on the mantle piece like it sat there years before
D               Cadd2
No cargo in its hulls, no silver and gold
D                                  Cadd2
No leeward winds ahead my skin, no cannons to reload

[Chorus]
G                   Cadd9          D
I'm sailin' on that ship in the bottle with
G                    Cadd9      G           D
With no salt upon my pitch, or wind in my sails
G                      Cadd9         D
And I'm sailing on that ship in the bottle
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
D                             Cadd2
The ship in the bottle is a reflection of me
D                             Cadd2
Showin' me all of the things my eyes could never see
D                                        Cadd2
But still I wish and search for strength to set my spirit free
D                                          Cadd2
And take that dream on the mantle piece and sail it on the sea

[Chorus]
G                   Cadd9          D
Now I'm sailin' on that ship in the bottle with
G                    Cadd9      G           D
With no salt upon my pitch, or wind in my sails
G                      Cadd9         D
And I'm sailing on that ship in the bottle
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead
Cadd9                  G            D
Could there be a storm brewin' up ahead

[Outro]
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