Wave Over Wave
Great Big SeaVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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Oh me name's Abel Rogers, a share-man am I,
on a three-masted schooner from Twillingate Isle
I've been the world over, north south east and west,
but the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best
(He plays )
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
there's no other life for a sailor like me,
but to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea
there's no other life but to sail the salt sea
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Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
Shed never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
Ah, The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
X4
I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again
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Readable chord sheet for Wave Over Wave by Great Big Sea
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Oh me n[D]ame's Abel Ro[G]gers, a sh[D]are-man am[D] I,
on a th[G]ree-masted sch[D]ooner from Tw[Em]illingate I[A]sle
I've b[G]een the world o[D]ver, north s[G]outh east and [D]west,
but the m[G]iddle of no[D]where's where [Em]I likes it [A]best
[G] [D] [G] [D] (He plays [G] [D] [D] [D])
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as h[G]appy a m[D]an as the [Em]sea will a[A]llow
there's [G]no other l[D]ife for a sa[G]ilor like [D]me,
but to [G]sail the salt s[D]ea, boys, to [Em]sail the s[A]ea
there's [G]no other life but to s[A]ail the salt [D]sea
[D] [D] [G] [A] X2
Well, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year
for she built me a home and raised my children dear
Shed never come out to bid farewell to me
or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea
Ah, The work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,
and when the work's over the whiskey will pour
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore
[Em] [Em] [A] [A] X4
I've sailed the world over,four decades or more
and oft times I wonder what I do it for
I don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain
but with life to live over I'd do it again