Safe Upon The Shore chords by Great Big Sea
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
G C G
A girl upon the shore did ask a favour of the sea;
G C G
"Return my blue eyed sailor boy safely back to me
G C G D
Forgive me if I ask too much, I will not ask for more
G C G
But I shall weep until he sleeps safe upon the shore."
G C G
As though the sea did hear her plea, a vision did appear
G C G
The drifting tip of some wrecked ship came floating ever near
G C G D
A figure there did cling to it, approaching more and more
G C G
As if to ride on some strange tide, safe upon the shore
Chorus:
G C
So give a sailor not your heart
G D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
G
Let true love not be torn apart
C G
By favours from the sea
Verse 2:
G C G
My love, she cried as she espied the figure on the spar
G C G
His clean white shirt was drenched and torn, he must have floated far
G C G D
She thought with bliss how she would kiss the lips she did adore
G C G
And oh, how sweet to see his feet safe upon the shore
Chorus:
G C
So give a sailor not your heart
G D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
G
Let true love not be torn apart
C G
By favours from the sea
Verse 3:
G C G
As she drew near, she felt the fear that something was astray
G C G
His mouth was slack and his blue eyes stared blindly at the day
G C G D
And in a daze, she turned her gaze from the corpse the driftwood bore
G C G
And the cold cold sea pushed ruthlessly, safe upon the shore
G C
So give a sailor not your heart
G D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
G
Let true love not be torn apart
C G
By favours from the sea
G C G
Now fishermen, they cast their nets like miners pan for gold
G C G
And sailors push off from the docks and pray the gales will hold
G C G D
The sea just sits silently, but sometimes, she does more
G C G
And someone weeps as her love sleeps safe upon the shore Last updated:
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