Burn The Ships chords by For King & Country

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

Dm Bb F C
Dm Bb F C

Verse 1:
Dm      Bb
  How did we get here?
   F          C
All castaway on a lonely shore
Dm          Bb
  I can see in your eyes, dear
       F         C
It's hard to take for a moment more

We've got to


Pre-Chorus:
Dm             Bb             F
 Burn the ships, cut the ties, send a flare into the night
             Am               Bb
Say a prayer, turn the tide, dry your tears and wave goodbye


Chorus:
       F    Gm Bb
Step into a new day
             F    Gm    Bb
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
            C  Dm  Bb
We can dance upon the heartache, yeah
       C        Dm       Gm
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships

And don't you look back

Interlude:

Dm Bb F C

Verse 2:
Dm         Bb
  Don't let it arrest you
   F        C
This fear is fear of fallin' again
Dm          Bb
  And if you need a refuge
         F       Am
I will be right here until the end

Oh, it's time to


Pre-Chorus:
Dm             Bb             F
 Burn the ships, cut the ties, send a flare into the night
             Am               Bb
Say a prayer, turn the tide, dry your tears and wave goodbye


Chorus:
       F    Gm Bb
Step into a new day
             F    Gm    Bb
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
            C  Dm  Bb
We can dance upon the heartache, yeah
       C        Dm       Gm
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships

And don't you look back

Interlude:

Dm Bb F C Am

Bridge:
Dm
 So long to shame
Bb
 Walk through the sorrow
F
 Out of the fire
C   Am
 Into tomorrow
Dm
 So flush the peals
      Bb
Face the fear
            F
Feel the wave disappear

We're comin' clear
       Am
We're born again

Our hopeful lungs can breathe again
           Bb
Oh, we can breathe again


Chorus:

       F    Gm Bb
Step into a new day
             F    Gm    Bb
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
            C  Dm  Bb
We can dance upon the heartache, yeah
       C        Dm       Gm
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships

Bb      F    Gm Bb
Step into a new day
             F    Gm    Bb
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
            C  Dm  Bb
We can dance upon the heartache, yeah
       C        Dm       Gm
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships
   Bb
And don't you look back

Outro:
Dm Bb F Am
Dm Bb F Am