Peter McPoland – Sally Forth (Guitar)

C              Em            F             C
Gentle was the tide breaking in foreign sky;

           Am              F              G
beside the moon there were echoes of this home

C               Em                F                 C
Broken were the streets, concrete river beneath his feet

            Am           F               G
cracked and cratered and whispering all alone.

C                    Em             F                 C
Bleeding through the blinds was the moonlight and the lights,

         Am       F        G
crossing over and finding a young man’s eyes.

C            Em            F                 C
Lost was the might of that young man on that night,

        Am            Dm         E
looking for where the sea met the sky

      F     C
Oh, sally forth

    F        C        F        Am
my love, I adore you more and more.

         F                   E
As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore.

    F      C           F             C
I wait beside the lighthouse every night

       Am
in my home

      F       G           C
I am here, waiting for a turn.

C               Em         F            C
Shallow was the one in the crack on the tile

       Am                F                 G
as she dropped a bottle, frightened by the cry of the wind.

C                Em               F              C
“He will come in time,” she would say, once in a while

        Am             F                G
and she hoped that the screen door would sing again.

C            Em             F               C
Soft was the light, hanging down beside the night

        Am                 F                G
and the kitchen streaks of plaster lay still cracked

C            Em           F             C
Lost was the might of the women on that night,

        Am              Dm           E
for the earth had taken that blue sea and turned it to black

      F     C
Oh, sally forth

    F        C         F       Am
my love, I adore you more and more.

         F                   E
As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore.

    F      C           F             C
I wait beside the lighthouse every night

       Am
in my home

      F       G           C
I am here, waiting for a turn.

      F     C
Oh, sally forth

    F        C        F        Am
my love, I adore you more and more.

         F                   E
As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore.

    F      C           F             C
I wait beside the lighthouse every night

       Am
in my home

      F       G           Am
I am here, waiting for a turn.

       F
In my home

      C      G           C
I am here waiting for a turn