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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: | Am C | X2
Oh me nCame's Abel RoCgers,a shaCre-man am I, on a thCree-masted schCooner from TwAmillingate ICsle I've bCeen the world oCver,north soCuth east and wCest, but the mCiddle of noCwhere's where AmI likes it Cbest
Chorus:
where it's wCave over wCave,Csea over Cbow I'm as hCappy a mCan as the Amsea will aCllow there's Cno other lCife for a saCilor like Cme, but to Csail the salt sCea, boys, to Amsail the sCea there's Cno other life but to sCail the salt Csea
C C 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 Am C 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 C: 000100 C: 020020 C: x02202 Am: x22022