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