Tuning is altered. Each string is tuned a half step down. (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)


Am (x02210@1)                     Am7 (x02010@1) Am (x02210@1)          Am7We (x02010@1)played a while,          in the sand

Dm (xx0231@1)                          Em (022000@1)         
'Til it rained and the floods began

Am (x02210@1)                Am7 (x02010@1)Am (x02210@1)   Am7For (x02010@1)forty days it was Biblical

Dm (xx0231@1)                         EmHad (022000@1)the idea of the building of boats


And there was




F (133211@1)                                   GOne (320003@1)boat for you and one boat for me

Em (022000@1)                              Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)sailed away on the never ending sea



Am (x02210@1)                          Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)          Am7Caught (x02010@1)a glimpse of your     sail so wide

Dm (xx0231@1)                                EmI (022000@1)tried to signal but you sailed on by

Am (x02210@1)                    Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)                    Am7Was (x02010@1)it aghost (x02210@1)or a (x02210@1)         trick of the light?

Dm (xx0231@1)                                   EmOr (022000@1)are you sleeping in the ocean tonight?


And we had




F (133211@1)                                GOne (320003@1)bed for you and one bed for me

Em (022000@1)                              Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)sleep alone on the never ending sea




Am (x02210@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)  Am (x02210@1)                Am7 (x02010@1)
And if I ever see the      solid ground

Dm (xx0231@1)                       EmI (022000@1)know I won't be turning around

Am (x02210@1)                     Am7 (x02010@1)  Am (x02210@1)                  Am7Seems (x02010@1)so strange that I   played with you

Dm (xx0231@1)                                                 EmNow (022000@1)my hands are harder and my heart is true


And there was



F (133211@1)                                GOne (320003@1)rule for you and one rule for me

Em (022000@1)                           Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)       DAlways (xx0232@1)alone on the never ending sea




(Am, Am7, Am, Am7, Dm, Em) x2
[Aha-ah-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah]



F (133211@1)                          GOne (320003@1)boat for you and one boat for me

Em (022000@1)                             Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)sailed away on the never ending sea



Am (x02210@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)Am (x02210@1)                      Am7The (x02010@1)rains lifted and I  saw you were near

Dm (xx0231@1)                             EmBut (022000@1)now I'd rather go alone from here

Am (x02210@1)                          Am7 (x02010@1)    Am (x02210@1)            Am7Back (x02010@1)to the sandbox,              back to play

Dm (xx0231@1)                          EmStill (022000@1)I remember the parting of the ways


And we had




F (133211@1)                                G (320003@1)                   
One bed for you and one bed for me

Em (022000@1)                                    Am (x02210@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)  Am (x02210@1) Am7 (x02010@1) AmAlways (x02210@1)alone on the deep, never ending sea