Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
A
G
When the winds
from the Eastern quarter,
And there's a pungent taste
of salt upon the breeze.
Something troubles your insides
A
F#m
B
like a scum upon the tides,
Em
C
a something washed up on the beach down
D
Verse 2
Am
Intuition's what a girl in love
F#dim
C
F#dim
Only a fool would ever stand
B
F#dim
between a man- - and his involve
Am
F#dim
ment with the sea
B
Verse 3
F
C
Em
You'll find your bed is
empty and he's gone
Em
B
to a sailor
Em
B
Em
Some scurvy no- good mongrel of a tar
Fdim
Fm
B
You knock the drink out of my hand
Em
C#dim
Push me over where I stand
Em
Am
D
Take a slug at me but somewhere
G
Em
I won't scar
D
G
and slap my face to bring me round
Em
F#
then you can roll my silly
Verse 4
B
Em
B
to be trusted
Em
B
He'll bill and coo call you
A
Dm
B
Oh, but when he's had his way
Em
C#dim
All you'll get is his "good day",
B
Em
and scuttle back to sea.
Verse 5
Em
G
F
And when the tide rolls out
B
Em
empty and he's gone
C
Fm
So if you ever see me
C
Fm
C
talking to a sailor,
C
Fm
passing time of day
Eb
Ebm
No, don't you hesitate to think
Eb
C
Fm
Someone's tampered
with your drink
C#
Bbm
And he's shaking out your handbag
Eb
Ab
in the time it takes to blink
C
G
Just call the funny farm and
Verse 6
Abaug
C
Fm
He's treacherous
as tides and hidden reefs
Ebm
C
And just to get you up the stairs
C
Fm
bound for Tenerife
Verse 7
Fm
Ab
And when the tide rolls out
C#
Fm
You'll find your house is
empty and he's gone
Ab
C#
And when the tide rolls out
You'll find your heart is
Verse 8
Fm
Gdim
And when you become a
C
Fm
Ab
woman of a certain age
Fm
Gdim
You'll find it's difficult
Fm
Ab
Difficult to gauge,
Fm
Bbm
when that bills rat who left you
Eb
Ab
Without a living wage
G
Gm
C
that tawdry glamour of the sea
Interlude 1
Verse 9
Gbm
Dbaug
Db
Gbm
So, if you ever hear me talk ing to a sailor
Db
Gbm
Some mangy sea- dog
Db
Gbm
skulking on the quay
Em
Db
Ah, just remind me what I've said
Ebdim
B
Gbm
B
head
Abdim
Db
And then throw my bleeding body in
D
Db
the
D
Db
Gbm
D
Verse 10
Gbm
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