Gordon Bok – Sarabandes Story (Guitar)

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The storm when it came shook me clear to my keel

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I lost all direction and time

      C               F            G
I had no horizon, ran battered and blind

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And the whole of the world, was the great wave behind

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And the waves crashing on me, to climb

    Am      G        Am
And oh, the ocean is wide

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Come a wind and come weather there's nowhere to hide

        F        C   F  C
And the ocean is wide

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I carried my friends as a friend will her own

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The three of us under a gale

       C                       F        G
I held on with the strength of iron and wood

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And little and the human, they did what they could

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With the tiller and shortened sail

    Am      G        Am
And oh, the ocean is wide

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You pray that your own ones will weather the ride

        F        C   F  C
And the ocean is wide

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By crest and by hollow, by dark and by day

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By buffet and blow we were hurled

      C                      F        G
Three days we drove on under stays'l alone

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Till the storm left us still and alone in the dawn

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And bright calm to the edge of the world

    Am      G        Am
And oh, the ocean is wide

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Come calm or come storm, you're alone in the tide

        F        C   F  C
And the ocean is wide

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Then the little fish came down the bright, breathing sea

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From world's edge to world's edge they ran

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They divided behind me and joined at my bow

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And I on a silver thread, rudder to prow

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And the whole of the ocean its span

    Am      G        Am
And oh, the ocean is wide

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And the web of the world's in the sea by your side

        F        C   F  C
And the ocean is wide

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With a little ghost wind, then the bigger fish came

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Blue and lovely, they danced in the foam

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Ah, we travelled, companions, all down the day

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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

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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

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Rise well, swim easy, wherever you bide

        F        C   F  C
For the ocean is wide