Key: D major
Verse 1
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Am
When August wind
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Dm
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s are turning
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The fishing boats set out upon
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Gsus4
the sea
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Em
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I watch 'til they sail out of sight
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The winter follows soon
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I watch them drawn in to the night
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Beneath the August moon
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No one
Verse 2
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knows I come here
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Some things I don't
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share
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I can't explain the reasons why
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It moves me close to tears
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Or something in the season's change
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Will find me wandering here
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And
Verse 3
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in my pub lic moments
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I hear the things I say but they're
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not me
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Perhaps I'll know before I die
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Admit that there's a reason why
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Gsus4
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I count the boats returning to the sea
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I count the boats returning to the sea
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Bm
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Verse 4
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And in my private moments
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I drop the mask that I've
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been forced to wear
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But no one knows this secret me
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Where albeit unconsciously
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I count the boats returning from
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F#dim
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the sea
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I count the boats returning
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from the sea
Outro 1
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