Lots of beautiful chords underpin this song from Sting's 2013 The Last Ship album.
This tune is picked - Sting tends to pick the bass note then two or three higher notes,
so for each of the chords I've indicated just the strings that he picks on the piece -
I hope that it makes sense!
Standard tuning, Capo 2
Chords
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x3505x
x3x43x
x2x03x
x0x00x
3x201x
1x201x
1x021x
3x353x
3x343x
F/Bm 4x21xx
x2x01x
(2) xx355x
(2) xx353x
x0405x
x0403x
B/Cm 2xx23x
1xx23x
x02210
3x000x
xx301x
(2) x3x01x
x57x5x
1x32xx
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x4
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When Au -gust winds are turn-ing
The fishing boats set out u-pon the sea
F/Bm
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
(2)
The winter follows soon
F/Bm
I watch them drawn in-to the night
Be-neath the August moon
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No one knows I come here
Some things I don't sha -are
F/Bm
I can't ex-plain the reasons why
(2)
It moves me close to tears
F/Bm
Or something in the season's change
Will find me wandering here
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And in my pub -lic mo -ments
B/Cm
I hear the things I say but they're not me
F/Bm
Per-haps I'll know be-fore I die
Ad-mit that there's a reason why
(2) B/Cm
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
(2)
I count the boats re-turning to the sea
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And in my pri -vate mo -ments
B/Cm
I drop the mask that I've been forced to wear
(2) F/Bm
But no-one knows this secret me
Where albeit un-consciously
(2) B/Cm
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
(2)
I count the boats re-turning from the sea
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
July 2014
[email protected]
https://lyrics.primoaccordo.net/sting/august-winds.htm