[ D5 ] The hound bays, the sheep graze
I'm counting the [ A5 ] boats in the [ D5 ] bay
As they [ G5 ] float they seem to [ A5 ] say
[ F5 ] "I'm counting the waves, I'm counting the waves"
[ D5 ] The men in the boats
they wave to their [ G5 ] wives and [ A5 ] say
[ D5 ] "I'm counting the hours, counting the hours,
counting the [ A5 ] hours in the [ D5 ] day"

[ D5 ] I'm counting the gulls that sit on the waves
surrounding the [ A5 ] boats in the [ D5 ] bay
I'm counting the [ G5 ] miles 'till we're [ A5 ] there
where the [ F5 ] sun and the rain and the snow
Fall on the seeds and make them grow
Fall on the rocks and make them [ D5 ] crack
into pebbles and [ G5 ] into [ A5 ] sand
[ D5 ] Which is where I [ A5 ] like to [ D5 ] stand