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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