Quiet As The Grave

G Em C I watch the sea break on the sand D A hollow in my heart G Em I view the harbor round the bay C D Lit by just the stars C D G Em Where once the teaming fishing boats C Am D Rushed to dump their silver loads G D C Its quiet as the grave G D C (quiet as the grave) G Em C The fishing fleets all ghosts-ships now D The kind they like is gone G Em The Faithfull Lass and Wesley too C D They’ve sailed through their last storm C D G Em The lucky ones are scrapped and gone C Am D The rest lie rotting and forlorn G D C Quiet as the grave G D C (quiet as the grave) C G The years of fighting arctic ice C D The heaving seas, the sleepless nights C G Am A thousand trips all spent in vain D They’ll never put to sea again G Em C The night is falling o’er the bar D It’s time to drink a quiet jar G Em And join with crewmates once again C D To share the memories and the pain C D G Em The pub where once we spent our pay C Am D Is somehow not the same these days G D C It’s quiet as the grave G D C (quiet as the grave) G Em C The silent race has run its last D The fishing fleets are in the past G Em The bravest crews that ever sailed C D Lashed by storm and flogged by gale C D G Em Gaze out on harbors round the coast C Am D And dream of laden fishing boats G D C Waiting for the grave G D C (waiting for the grave) C G The years of fighting arctic ice C D The heaving seas, the sleepless nights C G Am A thousand trips all spent in vain D They’ll never put to sea again