Chords used:
E A D G B E
Am ---------------- X 0 2 2 1 0
Am/G 3 X 2 2 1 0
C ----------------- X 3 2 0 1 0
C/B X 2 2 0 1 0
C/G --------------- 3 3 2 0 1 0
D9 2 X 0 2 1 0
F ----------------- 1 3 3 2 1 1
F maj7 1 X 2 2 1 0
G ----------------- 3 2 0 0 0 3
G7 3 2 0 0 0 1
C* you hammer on from open D
on the fourth string to 2nd fret E
Verse 1:
C/G ------------
Sea, sea of fire
------ C/B ---- Am
It's - my - des-ire
-- F -----------------------------
To cross you, but I don't know how
C/G ----------------
Me, my mind may tire
-------C/B ----- Am --
But my heart's a choir
Am/G -- ------------------
Singin' of your sacredness
--------------------------
Callin' out its loneliness
Am -------------- Am/G
Yearnin' for near-ness
F ---------------------------
Drownin' out the fear in this
Am ------------------ Am/G
Situation of stranded-ness
-- F -----------------
My fate is in my hands
-------- Fmaj7 ------------ G7-
As I sur-vey this great div-ide
Chorus 1:
-- G ----------- Am -- G7/B
My mood is an oc-ean - blue
------ Am --- Am/G -- F --
And if wishes were my crew
------ C --------- D9
They'd carry me to you
------------ F --
On the other side
------- G ------- Am ----- G7/B
But the sun moves high and slow
------- Am ---- Am/G -- F--
And I'm longin' here be-low
-------------- C ------------- D9
For where your moon is hangin' low
------- Fmaj7 - G7 - C/G
But the sea --- is - wide
Verse 2:
C/G ---------------
So I stand and gaze
------ C/B ------ Am --
On the sheer blue glaze
Am/G - F --------------------
That's mirroring my emptiness
C/G -----------------
Waves break and burst
----- C/B ---- Am ---
And I slake my thirst
Am/G - F --------------------
Of --- memories of you and me
-----------------------------
That draw me under helplessly
Am ------------------- Am/G
Down into that dark re-cess
F ------------------------
Drownin' in her tenderness
- Am ------------------ Am/G --------
I feel the folds of her flowin' dress
F ----------------------
Fall away with my caress
Am ---------- Am/G ---------
Make her form familiar to me
F --------------------------
Is this urge peculiar to me?
--------------------
Do you miss me, too?
---------- Fmaj7 -- G7-
When are we bound to be?
Chorus 2:
--------- G------ Am --- G7/B
Will your warm em-braces wait?
-------- Am ----- Am/G --- F --
Or did I leave it all too late?
------- C --------------- D9 -
For the shiftin' force of fate
----------- F --
To turn the tide
------- G ------------- Am - G7/B
May you share the faith I -- keep
------- Am --------- Am/G - D9 --
As your driftin' out to --- sleep
---------- C ----------- D9 -
And may it always run as deep
------ F - G7 - C* --
As the sea is - wide.
