Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Verse: Db Gb Db Oh, I bid farewell to the port and the land Ab and I paddle away from brave England's white sands Db Gb Db To search for my long ago forgotten friends Ab Db to search for the place I hear all sailors end Chorus: Gb Db As the souls of the dead fill the space of my mind Ab I'll search without sleeping 'til peace I can find Gb Db I fear not the weather, I fear not the sea Ab I remember the fallen, do they think of me? Gb Ab Db When their bones in the ocean forever will be
Verse: Db Gb Db Plot a course through the night, to a place I once knew Ab To a place where my hope died, along with my crew Db Gb Db So I swallow my grief and face life's final test Ab Db to find promise of peace and the solace of rest Chorus: Gb Db As the souls of the dead fill the space of my ears Ab their laughter like children, their beckoning cheers Gb Db My heart longs to join them, sing songs of the sea Ab I remember the fallen, do they think of me? Gb Ab Db When their bones in the ocean forever will be Verse: Db Gb Db When at last before my ghostly shipmates I stand Ab I shed a small tear for my home upon land Db Gb Db though their eyes speak of deaths filled with struggle and strife Ab Db their smiles, below, say I don't owe them my life Chorus: Gb Db As the souls of the dead fill the space of my eyes Ab and my boat listed over and tried to capsize Gb Db I'm this far from drowning, this far from the sea Ab I remember the living, do they think of me? Gb Ab Db When my bones in the ocean forever will be Verse: Db Gb Db Now that I'm staring down at the darkest abyss Ab I'm not sure what I want, but I don't think it's this Db Gb Db As my comrades call to stand fast and forge on Ab Db I make sail for the dawn 'til the darkness has gone Chorus: Gb Db As the souls of the dead live for'er in my mind Ab as I live all the years that they left me behind Gb Db I'll stay on the shore but still gaze at the sea Ab I remember the fallen and they think of me Gb Ab Db For our souls in the ocean together will be (Single Strum) Db Ab I remember the fallen and they think of me Gb Ab Db For our souls in the ocean together will be
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