Ship Of Stone

Gm Dm D Gm A Bb F D Eb D Once there was a Ship of Stone Gm F6 That orbited a mighty Star Gm F Gm Gm Dm Gm And from it flew the First Ship's crew Bb F Gm Whose children we all are Bb F6 And no matter how long we've drawn our track Gm Dm D Still over our shoulder looking back Gm F D Through the hydrogen's hiss and the methane's moan Gm F Gm F Bb F6 Eb Past the polymer clouds of the Dead Stars' shrouds Gm F Gm Eb F Gm All our roads run back to the Ship of Stone Gm Dm D Gm A Bb F D Eb D There the First Crew all were made Gm F6 And wakened from unknowing sleep Gm F Gm Gm Dm Gm By the boundless sight of Heaven's height Bb F Gm And the fires of the Deep Bb F6 And no matter how strange the forms we wear Gm Dm D How warped and wild, how rich and rare Gm F D How changed we've made the seed we've sown Gm F Gm F Bb F6 Eb We are blood of those who, singing, rose Gm F Gm Eb F Gm From the body of the Ship of Stone Gm Dm D Gm A Bb F D Eb D And there our own ships' frames were formed Gm F6 To grow blue-glowing wings Gm F Gm Gm Dm Gm And spread them wide to the farthest tide Bb F Gm Where the last lone beacon sings Bb F6 And no matter how tight the net they knot Gm Dm D Of our web where the Wheel of Light is caught Gm F D How strange and lost, how grand they've grown Gm F Gm F Bb F6 Eb They, too, desire all Heaven's fire Gm F Gm Eb F Gm Our companions since the Ship of Stone Gm Dm D Instr Verse Gm A Bb F D Eb D Gm F6 Gm F Gm Gm Dm Gm Bb F Gm Instr Chorus Bb F6 Gm Dm D Gm F D Gm F Gm F Bb F6 Eb Gm F Gm Eb F Gm Gm A Bb F D Eb D Once there was a Ship of Stone Gm F6 Clear domed, broad hulled and clean Gm F Gm Gm Dm Gm Where the air shown blue, through whose holds birds flew Bb F Gm And whose decks were growing green Chorus 4 Bb F6 And no matter how odd these things may seem Gm Dm D As madly mazed as shards of dream Gm F D They are not a dream that you dream alone Gm F Gm F Bb F6 Eb All ships, all men, are of one kin Gm F Gm Eb F Gm We shall not forget the Ship of Stone