On The Deck Of A Spanish Sailing Ship chords by Jason Robert Brown

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Ab

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
  Fm9                Bb7sus
Lord, we take this journey
   Db      C7sus   Fm11
To find a promised land
                    Bb7sus
Lord, we take this journey
    Db7    Csus7   F5
To find a promised land
            Bb7       Db5 C7sus
And we believe in your power
      Bb7          Db5 C7sus
We believe in your power
   Eb9 E7#11 Ab9 Db7      Bb7
We believe        in your power
        Db7
But the end is close at hand

Fm9                  Bb7/F
Lord, these men are hungry
             Bbm7      Bbm7/Eb
There just hasn't been enough
          AbM7              C7#9
And the journey's been so rough
    Fm9                    Bb7/F
And, Lord, these men are hurting
           Bbm7         Bbm7/Eb
They implore me to go back
           AbM7            F7sus/A
As the planks beneath them crack

Pre-Chorus:
       Ab/Bb               Bb/C
And I know it's my responsibility
            Ab/Bb
But I'm starving too

And I hurt, I do
       Bb/C
And I'm lost
      Ab/Db             Bb/D
I believe in my responsibility
          Ab/Eb
But I need to see
          C7#9                 C7+
If the fruits will be worth the cost

Chorus:
So I'm begging you, Lord
          Fm7   Eb/G    Ab6
You gotta stop, take a look
                        Bb7
At your children who believe in this promised land
      Fm7      Eb/G
Have mercy, Lord
              Ab6                Bb7
Stop their suffering and their woe
 Fm7  Eb/G        Ab6
Stop, shine your light on these children
          Bb7               Ab7+
Who have faith in your guiding hand
           Db7
I'm just begging Lord
              C7+              Fm9   Bb7/F
?Cause there's no place else to go
  Fm9                     Db13  C7+
I know I am unworthy, Lord

Verse 2:
 Fm9                Bb7/F
Lord, this ship is crowded
          Bbm7            Bbm7/Eb
And the men are tired an worn
    Ab2           C7#9
But another baby's born
      Fm9                Bb7/F
And, Lord, this ship is broken
          Bbm11              Bbm7/Eb
And the sails are ripped and old
        AbM7                F7sus/A
But the winds are rough and cold

Pre-Chorus:
       Ab6/Bb             Bb6/C
And I know it's my responsibility
          Ab6/Bb
When I ride the sea
                           Bb6/C
These men turn to me for a sign
      Ab/Db             Bb/D
I believe in my responsibility
          Ab/Eb
But I can't be sure
          C7+/E
When it's time for your light to shine

Chorus:
So I'm begging you, Lord
            Fm7
To make it stop
Eb/G   Ab6
Take a look at your children
      Bb7
Who believe in this promised land
     Fm7     Eb/G
Have mercy, Lord
 Ab                     Bb7
Give a sign to let us know
 Fm7   Eb/G       Ab6
Stop, shine your light on these children
          Bb               Ab7+
Who have faith in your guiding hand
            Db7
I'm just begging, Lord
              C7+
?Cause there's no place else to go

Bridge:
 Db2              Db2/C
Lord, save this child
          Db2/Bb
I am not strong enough
         Db2/Gb
I am not strong enough
Db2/Bb        Db2/C
Lord, save my soul
       Db2/Gb
I am unworthy

Db2           Db2/C
Lord, take my hand
         Db2/Bb
I am not strong enough
         Db2/Gb
I am not strong enough
Db2/Bb        Db2/C
Lord, take my heart
      Db2/Gb
I am unworthy

 Db2          Db2/C
Lord, give me hope
         Db2/Bb
I am not strong enough
         Db2/Gb
I am not strong enough
Db2/Bb        Db2/C
Lord, give me life
     Gb11
I am unworthy

I am unworthy

Final Chorus:
 Fm     Eb/G   Ab6
Stop, take a look

At the children, at the children
      Bb                     Bb7
Who believe in this promised land
                Fm7    Eb/G
You gotta have mercy, Lord
      Fm7    Eb/G
Have mercy, Lord
  Ab                             Bb7
Give us strength so that we can grow

 Fm7    Eb/G      Ab6
Stop, shine your light
                            Bb           Ab7+
On these children who have faith in the divine

          Db9        C7sus
I'm just begging, Lord
          Db9            C7sus
I'm just begging you, Lord
   Db2
I know I am unworthy
                             N.C.
But there's no place else to go

   F        Dm7          Bbdim7 Gm7
A new world calls across the ocean
  Bbdim7  Gm7              F/C
A new world calls across the ocean
             Dm7              F  Eb  F
A new world calls across the sky