Wave Over Wave Great Big Sea
"Wave Over Wave"(Jim Payne)
As recorded by GBS on "Up"(1995)
Use a capo on the first fret.(dadgad tuning optional)
Intro: | Em A | X2
Oh me n[D]ame's Abel Ro[G]gers,a sha[D]re-man am I,
on a th[G]ree-masted sch[D]ooner from Tw[Em]illingate I[A]sle
I've b[G]een the world o[A]ver,north so[D]uth east and w[A]est,
but the m[G]iddle of no[D]where's where [Em]I likes it [A]best
Chorus:
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where it's w[G]ave over w[D]ave,[G]sea over [D]bow
I'm as h[G]appy a m[D]an as the [Em]sea will a[A]llow
there's [G]no other l[D]ife for a sa[G]ilor like [D]me,
but to [G]sail the salt s[D]ea, boys, to [Em]sail the s[A]ea
there's [G]no other life but to s[A]ail the salt [D]sea
D A X2
well,I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
she never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
Chorus
Ah,The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing,my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
Em A X4
I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again
Chorus X2
Intro
Dadgad chords: DADGad DADGad DADGad DADgad
D: 000100 G: 020020 A: x02202 Em: x22022
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