Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Dm
Verse 1
the port
And contemplate my life
Verse 2
on the deck
I take my things and walk
to the harborside
Verse 3
I glance back one last time
Dm
Fleeing our nation
Our problems we leave behind
Ships by the tenfold sail out on the tide
We are pleased to be out and
embracing the open sea
Free from our troubles and more
free from thee
Verse 4
We flee from what is not what is will be
We flee the earth and face our harsh reality
Will death be low mist
that hangs on the sea?
Verse 5
Rash judgements, selfish men
Never to be seen on these shores again
Verse 6
And lose sight of land
A face of contentment around in the air
We're off now to seek all our fortunes
Verse 7
F
C
is upon us
there was to come
Verse 8
Dm
Bb
no one going back
F
C
No, there's not a second chance
Dm
Bb
As we strap onto the side
F
C
We pray to God that we won't die
Verse 9
Verse 10
ships are lost in the
Their phantoms follow us
Verse 11
Dm
Bb
they drive us on
F
C
Through the all consuming waves
Dm
Bb
Cold mortality, no weapon
F
C
Against these ever raging seas
Interlude 2
Dm
Bb
G5
Am
F
Am
Dm
Bb
G5
Am
Verse 12
Is many leagues from safe
C
Holding
Verse 13
Dm
Bb
on for our dear lives
F
C
And we're praying once again
Dm
Bb
Rotten luck or just jonahed?
Interlude 3
C
Dm
Bb
G5
Am
Dm
Bb
G5
Am
Bb
C
Dm
A
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Verse 14
F
C
Limbs fatigues, trembling with cold
G5
Dm
Blinded from the sea spray salt
F
C
Clasping anything we can hold
Am
G5
Dm
Heaven's rain upon us falls
Verse 15
F
C
Twenty days without a meal
G5
Dm
And ten without fresh water still
Interlude 4
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Verse 16
F
C
G
Dm
Westwards the tide
F
C
Westwards we sail on
Gm
G5
Gm
Dm
F
C
G
Westwards the tide
Dm
F
C
Sail by the talisman
Interlude 5
G5
G
Em
G5
Em
Am
G5
Em
G5
Em
G5
Em
G5
Em
Am
G
Em
G5
Em
E
Am
Em
G5
Em
E
Am
G5
E
Em
G
Em
E
Am
E
G5
E
Am
G
E
G5
Em
E
Am
G5
A
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Em
Dm
Am
Dm
G
G5
Am
Dm
Verse 17
F
C
We approach the other side
G5
G
Dm
Of the ocean with the tide
F
C
In our favor just for once
G5
Dm
Welcome greeting our new land
F
C
The elation in our hearts
G5
Dm
The excitement in our veins
F
C
As we sail towards the coastline
G
G5
Dm
Of our golden promised land
Interlude 6
Bb
G5
Am
Dm
Bb
G5
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Dm
Am
Bb
C
Verse 18
F
C
I have no life left in me
F
C
Must find the will to live
Verse 19
Dm
Bb
Never thought that we could make it
F
C
Truly sight of shores divine
Dm
Bb
The sickness I am dy ing from
C
Dm
this way
Verse 20
F
C
G
Dm
Westwards the tide
F
C
Westwards we sail on
G
G5
Dm
F
C
G
Westwards the tide
Dm
F
C
Sail by the talisman
Verse 21
G
Gm
G5
G
Dm
Westwards the
F
C
G
Dm
tide
F
C
Dm
Westwards we sail
F
C
G
Westwards the tide
Dm
F
C
Sail by the talisman
Outro 1
G
G5
G
Dm
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