Sarabandes Story

C Am C F G The storm when it came shook me clear to my keel Am G I lost all direction and time C F G I had no horizon, ran battered and blind Am C G And the whole of the world, was the great wave behind F G And the waves crashing on me, to climb Am G Am And oh, the ocean is wide F C G Come a wind and come weather there's nowhere to hide F C F C And the ocean is wide F G I carried my friends as a friend will her own Am G The three of us under a gale C F G I held on with the strength of iron and wood Am C G And little and the human, they did what they could F G With the tiller and shortened sail Am G Am And oh, the ocean is wide F C G You pray that your own ones will weather the ride F C F C And the ocean is wide F G By crest and by hollow, by dark and by day Am G By buffet and blow we were hurled C F G Three days we drove on under stays'l alone Am C G Till the storm left us still and alone in the dawn F G And bright calm to the edge of the world Am G Am And oh, the ocean is wide F C G Come calm or come storm, you're alone in the tide F C F C And the ocean is wide F G Then the little fish came down the bright, breathing sea Am G From world's edge to world's edge they ran C F G They divided behind me and joined at my bow Am C G And I on a silver thread, rudder to prow F G And the whole of the ocean its span Am G Am And oh, the ocean is wide F C G And the web of the world's in the sea by your side F C F C And the ocean is wide F G With a little ghost wind, then the bigger fish came Am G Blue and lovely, they danced in the foam C F G Ah, we travelled, companions, all down the day Am C G Then as the breeze quickened, we were off on our way F G And I heeled in the good wind for home Am G Am And oh, the ocean is wide F C G And the web of the world's in the sea by your side F C F C And the ocean is wide Am G Am Oh, the ocean is wide F C G Rise well, swim easy, wherever you bide F C F C For the ocean is wide