The Wild Wild Sea chords by Sting
Intro 1
Bb
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Bb
Bbdim
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Verse 1
Am
Bm
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D
I saw it again this evening
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Black sail in a pale yellow sky
D
Bm
C
And just as before in a mo ment
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Am
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It was gone where the grey gulls fly.
Verse 2
Am
Bm
D
If it hap pens again I shall worry
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That only a strange ship could fly
Am
Bm
C
And my sanity scans the horizon
D
Esus4
In the light of the darkening sky.
D
Verse 3
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That night as I walked in
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my slumber
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B
I waded into the sea strand
Bm
And I swam with the
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Em
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moon and her lover
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E
Until I lost sight of the land
Verse 4
D
E
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I swam till the night became morning
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B
Black sail in a reddening sky
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Found myself on the
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Em
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deck of a rolling ship
Am
Bm
Esus4
So far where no grey gulls fly
D
Verse 5
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A
All around me was silence
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A
As if mocking my frail human hopes
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E
And a question mark hung in the
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canvas
Am
Bm
For the wind that had died
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in the ropes
Verse 6
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I may have slept for an hour
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A
I may have slept for a day
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For I woke in a bed of white
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linen
Am
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C
Bm
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And the sky was the colour of clay.
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Em
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D
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Verse 7
Am
C
At first just a rustle of can
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vas
And the gentlest breath
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on my face
Am
Bm
But a galloping line of white
C
D
horses
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Bm
Esus4
Said that soon we were in for a race
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The gentle sigh turned to a
Verse 8
A
howling
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D
And the grey sky
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B
she angered to black
D
And my anxious eyes
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E
searched the horizon
Am
Bm
Esus4
E
With the gathering sea at my back
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E
Did I see the shade of a
Verse 9
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sailor
D
On the bridge through the
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B
wheelhouse pane
Bm
D
Held fast to the wheel
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of the rocking ship
Am
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Esus4
As I squinted my eyes in the rain
Verse 10
D
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For the ship had turned into the wind
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B
Against the storm to brace
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And underneath the sailor's hat
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Bm
E
C
I saw my father's face
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Am
If a pray
Verse 11
Bm
E
A
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er today is spoken
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A
Please of fer it for me
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When the bridge to heaven is broken
Em
Am
C
And you're lost on
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the wild wild sea
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Lost on the wild
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Am
Bm
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wild sea...
Outro 1
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The Wild Wild Sea
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