Key: E major•
Verse 1
B
C#m
E
A
We
E
G#m
sat in his living room
E
A
staring at the fire
E
A
E
He watched the spark slip from the grate
E
C#m
A
It was hard for me to tell him,
A
G#m
He said I didn't go see the world,
B
A
thought that it would come to me
Bsus4
E
Point ing to the mantelpiece,
he said,
A
E
take that if you wish
E
B
Bsus4
that contained a wooden shed
B
C#m
Your grandfather drained that bottle
E
A
G#m
Now it ties me to my yesterdays,
B
A
I'd be better off to lose
A
E
when the wind's against the tide
F#m
A
Shove your oars, stow your sails,
B
C#m
just enjoy the ride of your life
G#m
C#m
mercy of the sea
F#m
E
Whatever you do,
B
C#m
don't waste your time like me
B
G#m
He built it back in 33,
E
A
just a young boy at the time
G#m
E
A
Back when its matchstick
E
B
appeared to tower above the cliff
C#m
A
And even school -reel ships he built
A
G#m
To America and In dia
B
A
and in the forties to the war
B
G#m
His country didn't want him,
A
G#m
as his mates fell through war -torn skies
A
G#m
The rest, they'd join the convoys,
E
B
still he was too young to die
C#m
A
Now he can't even find his glasses,
A
G#m
To break the bottle for himself
B
A
And to let the memories go
A
E
when the wind's against the tide
F#m
A
Ship your oars, stow your sails
B
Cdim
Just enjoy the ride of your life
C#m
E
Throw yourself on the mer
G#m
C#m
cy of the sea
F#m
E
Whatever you do, son,
E
C#m
G#m
E
A
me
B
E
Sitting on the mantelpiece,
A
E
the bottles gathered dust
A
E
While shipyards closed their gates were locked,
Bsus4
B
C#m
A
Who's tied down to his memories,
forever in their debt
E
A
G#m
But I'll sail for clear blue waters,
B
A
and a life with no regrets
A
E
when the wind's against the tide
F#m
A
Ship your oars, stow your sails,
B
Cdim
just enjoy the ride of your life
C#m
E
But throw yourself on the mer
G#m
C#m
cy of the sea
F#m
E
Whatever you do,
E
C#m
G#m
E
to me
You
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TunerE A D G B E
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