The Waterboys - This is the sea

These things you ^Dkeep You'd better throw 'em a^Gway You wanna turn your ^Dback On your soulless ^Gdays Once you were ^Dtethered And now you are ^Gfree Once you were ^Dtethered Well, now you are ^Gfree That was the ^Driver This is the ^Gsea ^{D G}

Well, now if you're feelin' ^Dweary If you've been alone too ^Glong Well, maybe you've been ^Dsuffering from A few too many ^Gplans that have gone wrong And you're trying to re^Dmember How fine your life used to ^Gbe Running around banging your drum^D Like it's Nineteen Seventy-Three^G Well, that was the ^Driver Ah, this is the ^Gsea ^{D G}

Now you say you've got ^Dtrouble You say you've got ^Gpain You say you've got nothing ^Dleft to believe in Nothing to hold on to, nothing to trust, ^Gnothing but chains You've been scouring your ^Dconscience Raking through your memory^G Scouring your ^Dconscience Raking through your memory^G But that was the ^Driver This is the ^Gsea, yeah ^{D G}

Now I can see you ^Dwavering As you try to de^Gcide You've got a war in your ^Dhead And it's tearing you up inside^G You're trying to make sense^D Of something that you just don't ^Gsee Trying to make ^Dsense now And you know that you once held the ^Gkey But that was the ^Driver And this is the ^Gsea, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Now I hear there's a ^Dtrain Coming on down the ^Gline It's yours if you ^Dhurry You've got still enough ^Gtime And you don't need no ^Dticket And you don't pay no ^Gfee No, you don't need no ^Dticket You don't pay no ^Gfee Because that was the ^Driver And this is the ^Gsea

Well, that was the ^Driver And this is the ^Gsea Well, that was the ^Driver This is the ^Gsea Well, that was the ^Driver River, river, river, ^Griver, river, river And this is the ^Dsea ^{G D G} The ^Dsea, hmm ^Ghmm The ^Dsea, yeah ^G Behold the ^Dsea