Ode To Joshua Slocum

Gm F There ain’t nothin’ in this land worthy of my life’s demand, I set my sails leeward Gm F It’s the horizon that I chase forevermore without a place, except the open sea, the ocean will devour me Eb Gm F Whoaaa Gm F I’ve done all I can do and I’ve said all I can say, I must go on Gm F I’ll waste my days drifting lost upon the waves to be swallowed by the sun Cm Bb F Eb From the tide in which we’re born to the eye of the storm, forever more, forever more Cm Bb F Rest my bones upon the sean, ain’t no use to bury me upon the shore Eb Gm F I’ll sink down, into the dark, let the depths tear me apart Eb Gm F I’ll sink down into the depths, in the dark where I will rest Gm Think of the coast in which he bled, she laid me down the night I fled F Gm I’ll never forget, heard that voice in the storm, luring me to follow that ghost, F I sold my soul Eb Gm F Whoaaa Gm F From sunrise until sunset seawashed bones are all im left, to the west Gm F rising tides float me to shore ill be driftward evermore, evermore Cm Bb Ancient voices call upon the sands of the time where I was born, F Born on the tide, born on the wind Eb These voices call me home again, Cm Bb Down into,down into the depths of, the depths of me F Eb That endless dark of sea, that ancient history Cm I’ll sail away, I’ll sail away Bb To find a place, to find a place F Eb That resting bed that is my holy grave Eb Gm F I’ll sink down, into the dark, let the depths tear me apart Eb Gm F I’ll sink down into the depths, in the dark where I will rest Cm Bb F Eb Cm Bb I am a careful man at sea near the Isle of Pico a storm did arise, I grew weak and fell ill Cm F Gm An apparition took the wheel! Cm Bb F Eb My boat sailed itself into the sky, with the gods I now reside Cm Bb F Eb My boat sailed itself into the sky, with the gods I now arise Eb Gm F I’ll sink down, into the dark, let the depths tear me apart Eb Gm F I’ll sink down into the depths, in the dark where I will rest Eb Gm F I’ll sink down, into the dark, let the depths tear me apart Eb Gm F I'll sink down to the abyss, this life I’ll never miss Eb Gm Whoaaa! Gm F There ain’t nothin’ in this land worthy of my last demand, so I set sail