As captain of this band of merry sailors I’m a black mark I’m a failure
So before you watch me drown
I’m relinquishing command for something I don’t understand,
this man’s about to turn his whole life upside down

I set a course for a new shore
It looked the same as the one before
And I forgot what I’d been sailing for
And why I thought this time would be different

I do most of this by feel and let go of the wheel the constellations
Do the navigation on their own.
Whilst yearning for adventure, dreading censure in absentia
I would rather be at sea than be alone
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steven_page/a_new_shore_crd.html )
I set a course for a new shore
It looked the same as the one before
And I forgot what I’d been sailing for
And why I thought this time would be different

[(G)]Off the charts we drew
They said there wasn’t anything but fairy tales
I told them it was you, I told them you were everything a fairy tale could be
The boat sails by
Oooo-The shore remains and so do I
I swear this time will be different

Instrumental G – Am – D – G (x2)

I settled here on a new shore
My lips were blue and my legs were sore
And I forget if I was pushed or I jumped overboard
And after all this time, what’s the difference?

Oooo-ooooooh Oooo-aaaahhh

Instrumental (palm muted) G – Am – D (x2)

Land Ho! (Laa-and Ho!)
Land Ho! Land Ho!
(x3)

Land Ho! Laa-and Ho!
Land Ho! Land Ho!

Standard tuning

No capo

Chords are played as follows:
D: xx0232
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
F#m: x44322
G: 320033
A7: x02020
Gm: x55333

La da da da da da
La da da da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da, la da da
La da da da da da,
La da da da da da
La da da da da da, La da da da

[Verse 1]
[(D)]I was born old
I grew up but I got younger
I was torn, and cold
Now I?m fine but there?s this hunger
And a thirst for the days
Before I went and razed it all
To the ground

[Verse 2]
Got a job, found God
I did everything they told me
Spoiled the child, spared the rod
And found someone new to hold me
Though the love?s not as real
As what I used to feel when it
All went wrong

La da da da da da,
La da da da da da
La da da da da da, La da da da

[Verse 3]
She was young, not scared – she was everything I wanted
I was dumb, unprepared – had no idea that I was haunted
By the ghosts of a life the night I hid the knives
And it all went wrong

[Verse 4]
It?s an old wound, but it opened in a new way
In a rest room in a rest stop on the thruway
She calls up her parents
And admits with embarrassment
She was wrong

Speaking of your mother
This is how it goes:
When the world gets you down
I suppose
You can fly away somewhere else
Of your own volition
Of your own accord
When you?re sad, when you?re angry
When you?re bored,
You?ve got to do what?s best for yourself
Ooo ooo ooooo ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo
La da da da dum

[Verse 5]
I awoke; you were gone
There was nothing left to hold onto
I was blind, I was wrong
But I could find you if I want to
So I fly to the coast where
The boys you love most
Sing into your eyes

[Verse 6]
I was lost, now I?m found
I can see, but miss the blindness
Here?s my cross; pound
It?s your mouth, your kiss, your kindness
My stigmata?s the regret for how
I could have let it all
Go so wrong

[Bridge 2]
I?m going back to the place
Where they laughed in my face
When it all went
All went
All went wrong
Yes it all went –
Isn?t this what you wanted, darling?
All went…

(Capo 2nd fret)

Intro: G, Cadd9 (x4)

(Verse)
Tell me the truth,
Is there nothing I can do,
To escape this feeling blue,
Except for leaving?

Tell me a lie,
Like we’re never gonna die
Like we’ll win with one more try
Or like I love you

(Chorus)
I am falling
I know you feel it
I am calling
You?d best not heed it
My depression
Has got me choosing doom
And gloom over joy

G, Cadd9 (x2)

(Verse)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
I know it’s hard
I know it’s not fair
But things get easier when
I’m not there

(Instrumental)
G, Dsus4, Em7, Cadd9 (x2)

(Chorus)

Tabbed by Adam

This is my first tab. Would appreciate comments for corrections. Thanks!

Check out this video for strumming/clarifications (live acoustic):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vDK9MXFad2xg&featureBF&listFLh-uJzIRiVzw&index2

strings
Chords |x-x-x-x-x-x|
G |3-5-5-4-3-3|
F |1-3-3-2-1-1|
C |x-3-2-0-1-0|
Dvar |x-5-4-0-3-0| (variation)
Gm7 |3-5-3-3-3-3|
Am |x-0-2-2-1-0|
Am/D |x-x-0-2-1-0|
A#sus4 |6-6-8-8-6-6|
Csus4 |8-8-10-10-8-8|
D |x-x-0-2-3-2|

INTRO

G F C Dvar x4

VERSE 1

I’ve always been a creature of habit

Put another [Am/D]way I’m addicted to you

I’m pre-disposed to habit

Happiest when [Am/D]I don’t know what to do

I wanna settle down like my father

I wanna run [Am/D]away like my mother ought to

CHORUS

Be prepared for indecision

Dvar
It might make me disappear

But then again my addiction

Dvar
To indecision keeps me here

G F C Dvar
Ooooh wooooooh

G F C Dvar
Ooooh wooooooh

BRIDGE

Leave decisions up to fate

Nothing comes to those who wait

VERSE 2

I was born between the tracks
I left home and turned around and came back
One day you and I will be intertwined
If I could only make up my mind
CHORUS

VERSE 3

Come see the view from the top of the fence
We’ll watch the world unfold its events
Some days when I am nearly awake
I can almost hear the decisions I make
CHORUS x2

End on: G |3-2-0-0-0-3|

SONG ORDER

Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Bridge
Verse 3
Chorus

-Standard Tuning-

-No Capo-

The chords are played as follows:
D: xx0232
G: 320033
A: 00222x
F#m: 244222
Bm: x24432
D(9): D slid up to the 9th fret
D(7): D slid up to the 7th fret

[Verse 1]
Marry me
I am a boy and you are a girl
Or so I’ve been told
I know it’s the same all over the world
The story is old
I could stand to be your man
I could stand to be your man
From now on

[Verse 2]
Marry me
You are a woman I am a man
Bury me
I must die first, you understand
And I couldn’t stand to be your man
I couldn’t stand to be your man
I couldn’t stand to be your man
Alone

[Verse 3]
Marry me
You are a girl and I am a boy
Fair is she
Why must I love what I must destroy?
I was sent to be your man
Yes I was sent to be your man
I was sent to be your man
From now on

[Verse 4]
Marry me
So we may snuff out everything we’ve ever cared about
I have no doubt
That this will sting; no one will be spared

Without our love,
We’d just be normal people
Marching forward
Normal people? Who?
[(A)]You and me?
No it can’t be!

[Instrumental]
D, D(9), D(7) (x3)

[Verse 5]
Marry me
I am a boy and you are a girl
Or so I’ve been told
I know it’s the same
All over the world
The story is old

[End on D]