Key: A major
Verse 1
Bb
The night was dark, rain fallin' down.
Look for my baby,
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he's nowhere around.
I traced his footsteps down to the shore,
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Afraid he's gone forever more.
Verse 2
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[Chorus] I
looked at the sea, and it seemed to say,
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F
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"I took your baby from you, away."
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Ebm
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I heard a voice, cryin' in the deep,
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"Come join your baby in
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my endless sleep."
Interlude 1
Bb
Verse 3
Bb
Why did we quarrel? Why did we fight?
F
Why did I leave him alone tonight?
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That's why his footsteps
ran to the sea.
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That's why my baby is gone from
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me.
Interlude 2
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Ebm
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F
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Verse 4
Bb
[Chorus] Ran in the water, heart
full of fear.
There, in the breakers,
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I saw him near.
Reached for my baby, held him to me,
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Stole him away from the endless sleep.
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I
Verse 5
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looked at the sea and it seemed to say,
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"You took your baby from me, away."
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My heart cried out, "He's mine to keep!"
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F
I saved my baby from that endless sleep.
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I saved my baby from
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that endless sleep.
I saved my baby from that
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endless sleep.
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb F Eb Ebm
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