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[G] [Cmaj7] [Em] [Em7] [C]
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Intro
[G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7]
[G] [Camj7] [Em] [Em7]
Verse
We sent out the [G]SOS [Cmaj7]call
It was a [G]quater past [Cmaj7]four
In the [G]morning
When the [Cmaj7]storm broke our [Em]second anchor [Em7]line.
[G]Four months at [Cmaj7]sea.
Four [G]months of calm [Cmaj7]seas
Only to be [G]pounded in the [Cmaj7]shallows
Off of the [Em]tip of Montauk [Em7]Point.
[G]They call them [Cmaj7]rogues.
They travel [G]fast and [Cmaj7]alone,
One [G]hundred foot [Cmaj7]faces
Of God's good [Em]ocean gone [Em7]wrong
What they call [G]love is a [Cmaj7]risk,
Cause you will [G]always get [Cmaj7]hit
Out of [G]nowhere
By some [Cmaj7]wave and end [Em]up on your [Em7]own.
Chorus
[C]The hole in the [G]hull defied the crews attempts
[Em]To bail us [Em7]out.
[C]And flooded the [G]engines and radio
[Em]And half buried [Em7]bow.
Verse
Your [G]tongue is a [Cmaj7]rudder.
It [G]steers the whole [Cmaj7]ship.
Sends your [G]words past your [Cmaj7]lips
Or keeps them [Em]safe behind your [Em7]teeth.
But the [G]wrong words will [Cmaj7]strand you.
Come off [G]course while you [Cmaj7]sleep.
Sweep your [G]boat out to [Cmaj7]sea
Or dashed it to [Em]bits on the [Em7]reef.
[G]The vessel [Cmaj7]groans
The ocean [G]pressures its [Cmaj7]frame.
Off the [G]port I see the [Cmaj7]lighthouse
Through the [Em]sleet and the [Em7]rain.
And I wish [G]for one more [Cmaj7]day
To give my [G]love and repay [Cmaj7]debts.
But the [G]morning finds our [Cmaj7]bodies
Washed up [Em]thirty miles [Em7]west.
Chorus
[C]They say that the [G]captain
Stays fast with the [Em]ship
Through still and [Em7]storm.
[C]But this ain't the [G]Dakota.
And the water is [Em]cold.
We won't have to fight for [Em7]long.
Ending
This is the [G]end.
This story's old
But it goes on and on
Until we [Cmaj7]disappear.
Calm me and let me taste
The salt that you breathed
While you were [G]underneath.
I am the one who haunts your dreams
Of mountains sunk below the [Cmaj7]sea.
I spoke the words but never
Gave a thought to what they all could [Em]mean.
I know that this is what you want.
A funeral keeps both of us [Em7]apart.
You know that you are not alone.
Need you like water in my [G]lungs.
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