I Remember / Ship Song (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is on Boo Hewerdine's second album, Ignorance. It's in Ab (capo at 1),
but the following is written as though it's in G at the nut.
The bit between ^^^^^^^ and vvvvvvvvv is "The Ship Song" written by Nick
Cave. The rest is written by Boo Hewerdine.
[Intro]:
GD x 2
I remember the yellow room
A face I've never seen since
A picture on the far wall
My hands on the bars
And I remember asking about ugliness
and I remember the sky was broken
and I remember rain
on the other side of the road
and I remember the colour was wrong
and I remember a dream about darkness
and I remember the sound of birds
and I remember careless talk and I remember blood
and I remember an imagined place, running, laughing
and I remember a white cat with no tail
I remember the letter I gave to her husband
and I remember a terrible secret
and I remember jumping from the 14th step
and I remember pink ribbon in grey hair
and I remember 7:30 1969
and I remember standing in the hall
with strangers
and I remember leaving
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down
we make a little history, baby, every time you come around
Let loose your dogs upon me and let your hair hang down
You are a mystery to me, every time you come around.
Your face has fallen saddened now,
you know that the time is right
for me to let go your wings **
and you, you must learn to fly
repeat "come sail your ships . . ."
vvvvvvvvvvvvvv
I remember
I remember
I remember
leaving
GD
oooh oooh etc.
end on
All chords are standard (open) shapes.
I personally think that the third line of the bridge in the Ship Song (**,
above) sounds better played the same as the first two lines (i.e. Am, Em, C),
but that doesn't seem to be what's going on on the CD.
Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk