Leaving the harbor chords by Nanci Griffith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
When you are leav (D major) 
E 
ing the harbor  (E major) 
A 
Do you  (A major) cry out to the shore?
D 
Do you bless  (D major) the wave of the ocean
A 
E 
A 
 (A major) Do you  (E major) call your ves (A major) sel home?

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Verse 2

As you leave the safest harbor

Do you wonder where you'll go?

When you feel your bough is breaking

Do you call that harbor home?

Verse 3
D 
When you sing  (D major) the lullaby
E 
A 
 (E major) Do you  (A major) sing it for the song?
D 
Or do you love  (D major) the way it slides
E 
Like  (E major) velvet 'cross your tongue?
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 4
D 
And as you sing  (D major) the lullaby
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) Do you savor every line?
D 
Or do they flow as  (D major) one
with your heartbeat
E 
With  (E major) your voice and your mind?

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
E 
If you turn the light  (D major) out in the hallway  (E major) 
A 
Will your  (A major) shadow lose its way?
D 
Or do we share  (D major) these
shadows in the darkness
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A 
And they  (E major) move from place to  (A major) place?

Verse 6
D 
We could share a shadow  (D major) 
E 
in the darkness  (E major) 
A 
As shadows  (A major) have no face
D 
But should you sell our  (D major) soul
to the darkness
E 
A 
Can you  (E major) face the  (A major) light of day?

Verse 7
D 
E 
When you are leaving  (D major) the harbor  (E major) 
A 
Do you  (A major) cry out to the shore
D 
Oh, do you bless  (D major) the wave
of the ocean?
E 
A 
E 
A 
Do you  (E major) call your  (A major) ves (E major) sel  (A major) home?
D 
Oh, do you bless  (D major) the wave
of the ocean?
E 
A 
Do you  (E major) call your  (A major) vessel home?