Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by

 We're just wasting time

 Trying to prove who's right

 And if it all goes crashing into the sea,

 If its just you and me trying to find the light.

 Like ships in the night letting cannon balls flying,

 Say what you mean and turn to a fight

 And fists fly from my mouth, it turns south,

 you're down the driveway and I'm on the couch

 Chasing dreams since the violent 5th grade,

 Trying to believe in your silent own way

 Cause we'll be okay, I'm not going away

 like you watching at fourteen as it went down the drain

 And pops stayed the same, and your moms moved away

 How many of our parents seemed to make it anyway?

 We're just fumbling through the grey,

 Trying find a heart that's not walking away.

 I turn the lights down low

 Walk these halls alone

 We can feel so far from so close

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by

 We're just wasting time

 Trying to prove who's right

 And if it all goes crashing into the sea,

 If its just you and me trying to find the light.

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by.

 You keep passing me by,

 like ships in the night.

 And I'm at the airport waiting on a second plane,

 Had to pack, you had cramps and I was late

 Headed to a red carpet, they won't know my name

 Riding in silence all that we wanna say

 About to board when you call on the phone

 You said, "I'm sorry I'll be waiting at home."

 Feels like we're learning this out on our own

 Trying to find our way down road we don't know.

 I turn the lights down low

 Walk these halls alone

 We can feel so far from so close

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by

 We're just wasting time

 Trying to prove who's right

 And if it all goes crashing into the sea,

 If its just you and me trying to find the light.

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by.

 You keep passing me by,

 like ships in the night.

And I'm gonna find my way back to your side

And I'm gonna find my way back to your side

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by

 We're just wasting time

 Trying to prove who's right

 And if it all goes crashing into the sea,

 If its just you and me trying to find the light.

 Like ships in the night,

 you keep passing me by.

 You keep passing me by,

 like ships in the night.