E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| BUILDING SHIPS - Lior E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Tabbed by: megsEE Hey sorry if this is completely inaccurate, its my first! its just the main feel of the there are minor variations but u can figure them out for yourself coz i cant b bothered I tabbed it off his live album, so i dont no if its different to other recordings- but super easy so enjoy! =) Tuning: standard, capo on 6th Intro & verses: C F (strum & pick randomly) "we could almost see the distant shore" E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------|| B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0-h2--0--------|---3---------------------------| A|----3----------------3-----------------3-----|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------||---| C F (as above) "when my little sweetheart jumped overboard..." (verses continue pretty much the same) E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------||---| B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0-h2-------3--2--0--------------|---3---------------------------| A|----3----------------3-----------h3--2--3----|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------|| instrumental bit: (between sections of first verse) C F (as above) E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------||---| B|---------------------------------------------|---1---------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------|---2---------------------------| D|-------3--2--0--h2-------5-5-5--3--2--3------|---3---------------------------| A|----3---------------3----3-3-3--3--3--3------|---3---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------|---1------------------------||---| verse continues much the same as before, until... CHORUS: "now i'm building ships to carry me home..." then "back to where i..." (strum these chords for four [slow] counts each x2- for first two lines) ? C E|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| B|---4----------------------------|---1--------------------------------------| G|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| D|---5----------------------------|---2--------------------------------------| A|---3----------------------------|---3--------------------------------------| E|---3----------------------------|---0--------------------------------------| "...ba-a-a-a-ack to a place where..." (2 counts, 2 counts, 4 counts) ? ? C E|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------| B|---4-------|---3------|---1------------------------------------------------| G|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------| D|---5-------|---4------|---2------------------------------------------------| A|---3-------|---2------|---3------------------------------------------------| E|---3-------|---2------|---0------------------------------------------------|