Key: D major
Verse 1
E
F#
E
B
C#m
When August wind
E
C#m
F#m
B
s are turn ing
E
B
C#m
The fishing boats set out upon
E
C#m
F#m
B
Bsus4
the sea
B
G#m
C#m
B
E
I watch 'til they sail out of sight
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
The winter follows soon
G#
C#m
B
E
I watch them drawn in to the night
C#m
F#
B
Bsus4
B
E
Beneath the August moon
B
No one
Verse 2
C#m
E
A
F#m
Bsus4
knows I come here
B
E
B
C#m
E
Some things I don't
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
share
G#
C#m
B
E
I can't explain the reasons why
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
It moves me close to tears
G#
C#m
B
E
Or something in the season's change
C#m
F#
Bsus4
Will find me wandering here
B
And
Verse 3
E
B
C#m
E
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
in my pub lic moments
E
B
C#m
E
I hear the things I say but they're
Bbdim
F#
F#m
A
not me
B
G#
Perhaps I'll know before I die
C#m
A
Admit that there's a reason why
E
A
Bsus4
A
C#m
E
F#
I count the boats returning to the sea
E
A
Bsus4
B
I count the boats returning to the sea
E
F#
D#m
B
G#m
C#m
A
Verse 4
E
B
E
B
C#m
E
A
And in my private moments
Bsus4
E
B
C#m
I drop the mask that I've
E
F#
F#m
A
been forced to wear
F#m
B
G#
But no one knows this secret me
C#m
A
Where albeit unconsciously
E
A
Bsus4
I count the boats returning from
B
C#m
E
Bbdim
F#
the sea
E
A
Bsus4
I count the boats returning
B
E
F#
from the sea
Outro 1
E
F#
E
F#
E
F#
E
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