verse 1 
Ebm 
Summer passed by before I could bat an eye 
A#/D 
Tequila sunsets and bleak sunrises 
C# 
Because no more long days now, no more prize fighting 
Cdim7 
I'll even cut down on the drinking, just please no more surprises 
Bmaj7 
I see her wave to me, covered it from A to Z 
Bmaj7/A#                 A# 
With a look so heavenly that she' s no longer giving me 

verse 2 
Ebm 
Ships pass by outside the window in my room 
A#/D 
They only know where they've been and where they're going to 
C# 
They pass so mightily, steady in their gaze 
Cdim7 
They pass by each other without so much as a wave 
Bmaj7 
Ships in the night are we, convinced we're gonna be 
Bmaj7/A#     A# 
Reunited come the day 
 

[Refrão]
Ebm 
My brother, how you been while I've been blinded by my own? 
A#/D 
Worries and stories and this sense that I'm alone 
C# 
Heaven zips by a million more ships in the night 
Cdim7 
And and trillion tons of gases from a billion silly asses 
Bmaj7 
And I still pray for the masses as we fight the bloody fight 
Bmaj7/A#                                                        A# 
But bodies cannot stop these jacked up, gakked up ships in the night 

verse 3 
Ebm 
And I reach out in the darkness for some body I might hold 
A#/D 
I reach out to the cosmos by staring at my phone 
C# 
I reach a state of ecstasy, I return to despair 
Cdim7 
I remain educated, well-informed, and unaware 
Bmaj7 
But my sister, my sister, I swear that I am good 
Bmaj7/A#                                      A# 
Reach your arms around me and tell me that I'm understood 

Ebm 
I can't believe the things for which I'm forced to take a stand 
A#/D 
I can't believe that I'm the problem, not the plan 
C# 
I can't believe that we elected that man 
Cdim7 
Yes I can, yes I can, yes I can, yes I can 
Bmaj7 
Ships in the night are we, miss other entirely 
Bmaj7/A#                             A# 
From cradle to the grave without so much as a wave 


[Refrão]
Ebm 
And my my, hey hey, looks like the sky is falling down 
A#/D 
No, it's my time, it's your time, it's all just coming 'round 
C# 
Run up the mountain and hide out while you can 
Cdim7 
There's a storm coming full of lonely disaffected angry men 
Bmaj7 
And father time knows the way the cancer grows inside of me 
Bmaj7/A#                                      A# 
And who will hold my hand when I'm in my final bed? 

Outro 
Ebm 
When ships in the night are we 
A#/D 
Ships in the night are we 
C# 
Miss each other entirely 
Cdim7 
Ships in the night are we 
Bmaj7 
Someone shine your light on me 
Bmaj7/A# 
Someone shine your light on me 
A# 
Ships in the night are we