One Hundred Feet chords by The Longest Johns

• Capo on 6th
• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
Dm               G               C                 F
All the years of waiting for the boys to come back home,
Dm               G                    C                    F
Hear the stories they could tell, and see how much they've grown,
Dm             G               C                     F
In the night I think about the lives they could have led,
Dm               G               C                 F
Cut short at the finish line, no more the earth to tread.


🎸 Chorus:
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
        C                   F
We will hear their voice no more,
           Dm                 G              Am
Though I’d swear I heard them calling on the wind.
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
       C          F
In the waters evermore,
   Dm              G                 C
Forever there, one hundred feet from shore.

🎸 Verse 2:
 F                 G                    C             F
"Man the boats," I heard them cry, "the ship is going down."
Dm               G                     C               F
Such a storm has rocked her bow, she’s bound to run a-ground.
Dm                G                 C            F
Scramble down the towing lines, but many can’t escape,
Dm                 G               C                  F
Fighting for their lives again, so close to home they wait.


{Chorus}
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
        C                   F
We will hear their voice no more,
           Dm                 G              Am
Though I’d swear I heard them calling on the wind.
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
       C          F
In the waters evermore,
   Dm              G                 C
Forever there, one hundred feet from shore.


🎸 Verse 3:
Dm                G                   C                   F
Many swam through freezing water, for all that they could stand,
Dm               G                 C              F
Sodden boots and winter coats grew heavy with the damp.
Dm               G               C                   F
Struggled on for precious life until it slipped from reach,
      Dm             G                  C                F
Their souls arise to leave their bodies washed up on the beach.


{Chorus}
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
        C                   F
We will hear their voice no more,
           Dm                 G              Am
Though I’d swear I heard them calling on the wind.
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
       C          F
In the waters evermore,
   Dm              G                 C
Forever there, one hundred feet from shore.


🎸 Verse 4:
Dm               G                  C             F
Dodging bullets, loading shells and hauling heavy gear,
    Dm              G                  C                 F
The war it couldn’t take them, but the sea holds nothing dear,
  Dm                G                   C              F
A hundred years and more it’s been, the sorrow lingers on,
Dm                G               C                 F
Families keep the memories of the ones they lost so young.


{Chorus}
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
        C                   F
We will hear their voice no more,
           Dm                 G              Am
Though I’d swear I heard them calling on the wind.
    F                 G
One hundred feet from shore,
       C          F
In the waters evermore,
    Dm            G
All in the oceans roar,
    G                 F
One hundred feet from shore.


🎸 Outro:
       F          G
In the waters evermore,
                      F
One hundred feet from shore.