[ Dm ] The hound bays, the sheep graze
I'm counting the [ A ] boats in the [ Dm ] bay
As they [ G ] float they seem to [ A ] say
[ F ] "I'm counting the waves, I'm counting the waves"
[ Dm ] The men in the boats
they wave to their [ G ] wives and [ A ] say
[ Dm ] "I'm counting the hours, counting the hours,
counting the [ A ] hours in the [ Dm ] day"

[ Dm ] I'm counting the gulls that sit on the waves
surrounding the [ A ] boats in the [ Dm ] bay
I'm counting the [ G ] miles 'till we're [ A ] there
where the [ F ] sun and the rain and the snow
Fall on the seeds and make them grow
Fall on the rocks and make them [ Dm ] crack
into pebbles and [ G ] into [ A ] sand
[ Dm ] Which is where I [ A ] like to [ Dm ] stand