There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean chords by Grandpa Jones

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I am

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lonely tonight with
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my memory of a sailor boy so dear to me,
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Who was proud of the chance
to serve his country
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He sailed out on the deep rolling sea
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With his buddies he knew he was going
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To conquer a bad enemy
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With a smile and a
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kiss there he left me
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To bring back our sweet liberty
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There's a grave in the
waves of the ocean,
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In the midst of the deep rolling sea,
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Where my sweetheart's
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life of devotion,
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Was laid down for the land of the free.
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All the boys in the convoy were youngsters
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and were going so far away from home.
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They all realized that they may not
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return or the dark rolling foam.
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Two days they had sped
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through the ocean
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When a bomb hit the ship in the stern
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Some careless word had
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been spoken
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Someone had talked out of turn
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There's a grave in the waves of the ocean
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In the midst of the deep rolling sea
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Where my sweetheart's life of devotion was laid down
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for the land of the free.
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There's a grave in the waves of the ocean,
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In the midst of the deep roving sea,
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Where my sweetheart's life of devotion
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Was laid down for the land of the free.