The Wild Wild Sea

Eb/Db Ddim D E Dbm7 Ebm7 E Gb7 I saw it again this evening Dbm7 Gb Ab7 Black sail in a pale yellow sky Dbm7 Ebm7 E Gb And just as before in a moment, Dbm7 Gb9 Ab7 It was gone where the grey gulls fly B Gb Gbmaj7 Gb If it happens again I shall wor ry Gb Abm That only a strange ship could fly Dbm7 Ebm7 E Gb6 And my sanity scans the horizon Dbm7 Gb Ab7 In the light of the darkening sky Gb6 Ab6 Bb9 Ab6 That night as I walked in my slumber Gb6 Ab6 Eb I waded into the sea strand Gb6 Ab6 Bb6 Ab6 And I swam with the moon and her lover Dbmaj7 Ab Ab6 Until I lost sight of the land Ab Db Ab I swam till the night became morning Gb6 Ab6 Eb Black sail in a reddening sky Gb6 Ab6 Found myself on the deck of a rolling ship Dbm7 Ebm7 Ab Gb6 So far where no grey gulls fly Ab Db Ab All around me was silence Ebm Abmaj7 Db As if mocking my frail human hopes Ab Db Ab And a question mark hung in the canvas Ab Abm Db Ab Gb6 For the wind that had died in the ropes Ab6 Db Ab Ebm I may have slept for an hour Ab6 Dbmaj7 Db I may have slept for a day Ab For I woke in a bed of white linen Dbm7 Ebm7 Ab And the sky was the color of clay Eaug Ab Dbm Gb Emaj7 Gb Ebm7 Db B6 E Abm7 Db Ab7 E Dbm7 Ebm7 E6 Gbmaj7 At first just a rustle of canvas Dbm7 Ebm7 Ab7 And the gentlest breath on my face Dbm7 Ebm7 Eb But a galloping line of white horses Gb Dbm Ebm Ab7 Said that soon we were in for a race Gb6 Ab6 Dbmaj7 Ab The gentle sigh turned to a how ling Gb6 Ab6 Eb Ab And the grey sky she angered to black Gb6 Ab6 And my anxious eyes searched the horizon Dbm7 B Gb Ab With the gathering sea at my back Gb6 Ab6 Dbmaj7 Ab Did I see the shade of a sail or? Gb6 Ab6 Eb Ab On the bridge through the wheelhouse pane Gb6 Ab6 B Ab6 Held fast to the wheel of the rocking ship Dbm7 Ab As I squinted my eyes in the rain Gb6 Ab6 Db Ab For the ship had turned into the wind Gb6 Ab6 Eb Against the storm to brace Gb6 Ab6 Db Ab And underneath the sailor's hat B Ebm7 Ab7 E I saw my fa ther's face B Db Ab Gb9 B Db Ab Gb9 B Db Ab Gb9 Ebm7 Ab Db Ab If a prayer today is spoken Ab Db Please offer it for me Ebm Ab Db Ab When the bridge to heaven is broken B Abm7 Abm And you're lost on the wild, wild sea Dbm7 Ebm7 Ab Lost on the wild, wild sea... Dbm7 Abm7 Ab Lost on the wild, wild sea... B B9 Ab Lost on the wild, wild sea...