The Winter Crossing - Billy Joel

♫ Intro: Gm ♫ Verse 1: Bb/C Cm9 When I was just a boy I dreamt Ab Eb F I'd run away to sea Gm Bb/C Cm9 And sign aboard some merchant ship Ab Eb F Bb And sail across the ocean ♫ Verse 2: Gm Bb/C Cm9 When I became a man I put Ab Eb F My childhood things away Gm Bb/C Cm9 And gave up all the dreams I had Ab Eb F Bb Of sailing on the ocean

♫ Chorus 1: C7/Bb So long, so long F/A Dm7 Gsus4 G I wave goodbye to my old friend the sea Bb7/Ab Gm7 It's winter time and you know Gm Cm7 Cm G/D D I'm not what I used to be ♫ Verse 3: Gm Bb/C Cm9 Sometimes I feel so far away Ab Eb F From all the ones I love Gm Bb/C Cm9 The storm that raged along this coast Ab Eb F Bb Keep every ship from sailing ♫ Verse 4: Gm And who would brave Bb/C Cm9 Ab Eb F A voyage in the January gales Gm Bb/C Cm9 The boy who ran away to sea Ab Eb F Bb Can make the winter crossing ♫ Chorus 2: C7/Bb Come on, come on F/A He cried, come with me Dm7 Gsus4 G To the other shore Bb7/Ab Gm7 Gm But I've been gone too long to make Cm7 Cm G/D D The crossing anymore ♫ Outro: Gm Bb/C Cm9 Ab Eb F Gm Bb/C Cm9 Ab Eb F Bb Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 A7sus4 A D D/C G G/C F Eb6 Gm/D D7 Gm