I Saw Three Ships
more or less as performed by Bruce Cockburn
tabbed by Robert Pontisso

Tuning: FACGCF

Chord forms:

1(F): 03020x
2(?): 0x2000
3(?): 032300

Picking patterns:

Chord 1|Chord 2|Chord 3a|Chord 3b
-------|----0--|----0---|--------|
----0--|---0-0-|---0-0--|----0---|
---2-2-|--0---0|--3---3-|---3-3--|
--0---0|----2--|----2---|--2---2-|
----3--|-------|--------|----3---|
-0-----|-0-----|-0------|-0------|

The trick is to play the arpeggios so that the high notes in each chord form really chime out.

Long intro: Alternate Chords 1 and 2

..1....................2............
I saw three ships come sailing in on 

1................3a............3b..3a..3b
Christmas Day on Christmas Day

..1....................2............
I saw three ships come sailing in on 

1....................3a.....
Christmas Day in the Morning

1..2..1..2 etc.