Key: E major
Intro 1
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Eb
F
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Verse 1
Cm
Dm
Consider me a widow, boys
Eb
F
And I will tell you why
It's not the man
C
Cm
Dm
Eb
F
But it's the marriage that was drowned
Cm
So I walk the walk And
Verse 2
Dm
wait with watchful
Eb
F
eye up to the sky
C
Dm
Looking for a kind of vessel
Eb
F
C
Dm
I have never found
Eb
F
C
Dm
Eb
Verse 3
Cm
Dm
Though I saw it splinter
Eb
F
I keep looking out to sea
Cm
Like a dog with little sense
Dm
Eb
F
I keep returning
Cm
To the very area
Verse 4
Dm
Eb
F
Where I did see the thing go down
Cm
As if there's something at the site
Dm
Eb
F
I should be learning
Verse 5
C
Cm
F
That line is the horizon
Csus4
C
Eb
F
We watch the wind and set the sail
C
Cm
But save ourselves
Eb
F
when all omens
Csus4
Point to fail
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Cm
Eb
F
C
Eb
Verse 6
F
C
Csus4
And if I tell the truth
Dm
Eb
Then I would have to tell
Fsus4
F
you this
Cm
Though I grieve and believe
Dm
Eb
F
I feel it truly
Cm
But I knew the ship was
Verse 7
Dm
empty
Eb
F
By the time it hit the rocks
C
Cm
'Cause we could not hold on
Dm
Eb
F
When fate became unruly
Verse 8
Cm
Dm
So consider me a widow, boys
Eb
Dm
And I have told you why
Cm
Does the weather say
Dm
Eb
Dm
A better day is nearing?
F
I'll set
Verse 9
Cm
Dm
my house in order now
Eb
F
And wait upon the will
Cm
'Cause it's clear that I need
Dm
Eb
F
Better skill in steering
Verse 10
C
Cm
Eb
F
That line is the horizon
Csus4
C
Cm
F
We watch the wind and set the sail
C
Cm
But save ourselves
Eb
F
when all omens
Csus4
Point to fail
C
Cm
Eb
Verse 11
F
C
Eb
F
That line is the horizon
Csus4
C
Cm
F
We watch the wind and set the sail
C
Cm
Eb
F
But save ourselves when all omens
Csus4
Point to fail
Outro 1
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