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Intro 1
(B flat major) (C major) (B flat major) (B flatdim)
(B flat major) (B flatdim)
(A major) (B flat major) (C major)
Verse 1
I (A minor) saw it (B minor) again this (C major) evening (D major)
Black sail in a pale yellow (Esus4) sky
(D major) And just as be (B minor) fore in a (C major) mo ment
(D major) It was (A minor) gone where the (D major) grey gull (Esus4) s fly.
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Verse 2
If it (A minor) hap pens again (B minor) I shall (D major) worry
That only a strange ship (Esus4) could fly
And (A minor) my sanity (B minor) scans the (C major) horizon
(D major) In the light of the darkening (Esus4) sky.
(D major)
Verse 3
That night as I (E major) walked in
my (A major) slum (E major) ber
(D major) I waded into (E major) the sea (B major) strand
And I (B minor) swam with the
(E major) moon and her lover (E minor) (E major)
Un (A major) til I lost (B major) sight of the (E major) land
Verse 4
I (D major) swam till the (E major) night became (A major) morn (E major) ing
Black (D major) sail in a (E major) reddening (B major) sky
Found my (D major) self on the
(E major) deck of a (E minor) rolling ship (E major)
So (A minor) far where no (B minor) grey gull (Esus4) s fly
(D major)
Verse 5
All (E major) around me was (A major) silence
(E major) As if mocking my frail (A major) human hopes
And a (B major) question (E major) mark hung in the
(A major) can (E major) vas
For the (A minor) wind that had (B minor) died
in the (Esus4) ropes (E major)
Verse 6
(D major) I may have (E major) slept for an (A major) hour (E major)
(B major) I may (E major) have slept (A major) for a day
(B major) For I woke (E major) in a bed of white
(A major) linen (E major)
And the sky (A minor) was the colour of (D major) clay. (C major) (B minor) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(C major) (Esus4) (C major) (E minor) (Esus4) (D major) (Esus4)
(C major)
Verse 7
(A minor) At first just (C major) a rustle of can
(D major) vas
And the gentlest breath
on my face (Esus4)
(A minor) But a galloping (B minor) line of white
(C major) horses (D major)
Said that soon (A minor) we were in (B minor) for a (Esus4) race
(D major) The gentle sigh (E major) turned to a
Verse 8
(A major) howling
(E major) And the (D major) grey sky
(E major) she angered (B major) to black
And my (D major) anxious eyes
(E major) searched the ho (A major) rizon (E major)
With the (A minor) gathering (B minor) sea at (Esus4) my back (E major)
(D major) Did I see the (E major) shade of a
Verse 9
(A major) sail (E major) or
On the (D major) bridge through the
(E major) wheelhouse (B major) pane
(B minor) Held fast (D major) to the wheel
(E major) of the rocking (A major) ship (E major)
As I squin (A minor) ted my eye (D major) s in the (Esus4) rain
Verse 10
For the (D major) ship had turned (E major) into (A major) the wind (E major)
(D major) Against the storm (E major) to (B major) brace
And un (D major) derneath (E major) the sailor's (A major) hat (E major)
I saw (A minor) my father (B minor) (E major) 's face (C major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (A major) (C major) (B major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (E major) (C major)
(B minor) (Asus4)
(A minor) If a pray
Verse 11
(B minor) er today (E major) is spoken (A major) (E major)
Please (B major) of (E major) fer it for (A major) me
When the (B major) bridge to heav (E major) en is broken (A major) (E major)
And (E minor) you're lost (A minor) (C major) on
the wild (A minor) (Esus4) wild sea
Lost (A minor) (C major) on (Esus4) (E major) the (A minor) (C major) wild
(B minor) (Esus4) (E major)
(A minor) wild (B minor) (E major) sea...
Outro 1
(Esus4) (E major)
(E major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
The Wild Wild Sea
Sting, Zucchero
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