Great Big Sea - Wave over wave
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"Wave Over Wave"(Jim Payne)
As recorded by GBS on "Up"(1995)
Use a capo on the first fret.(dadgad tuning optional)
Intro: | Em A | X2
Oh me nDame's Abel RoGgers,a shaDre-man am I,
on a thGree-masted schDooner from TwEmillingate IAsle
I've bGeen the world oAver,north soDuth east and wAest,
but the mGiddle of noDwhere's where EmI likes it Abest
Chorus:
where it's wGave over wDave,Gsea over Dbow
I'm as hGappy a mDan as the Emsea will aAllow
there's Gno other lDife for a saGilor like Dme,
but to Gsail the salt sDea, boys, to Emsail the sAea
there's Gno other life but to sAail the salt Dsea
D A X2
well,I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
she never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
Chorus
Ah,The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing,my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
Em A X4
I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again
Chorus X2
Intro
Dadgad chords: DADGad DADGad DADGad DADgad
D: 000100 G: 020020 A: x02202 Em: x22022