Bones In The Ocean (and Samuel Jacob)

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Verse 1:
    Db                     Gb            Db
Oh, I bid farewell to the port and the land
      Bbm                     Ab
And I paddle away from Brave England's white sands
   Db                      Gb         Db
To search for my long-ago forgotten friends
   Bbm                          Ab           Db
To search for the place I hear all sailors end

Chorus 1:
       Gb                          Db           Ab
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my mind
     Bbm                           Ab
I’ll search without sleeping til' peace I can find
  Gb                       Db            Ab
I fear not the weather, I fear not the sea
    Bbm                      Ab
I remember the fallen... do they think of me?
           Gb                      Ab         Db
When their bones in the ocean, forever will be

Verse 2:
       Db                         Gb            Db
Plot a course to the night, to a place I once knew
     Bbm                        Ab
To a place where my hope died along with my crew
     Db                         Gb            Db
So I swallow my grief and face life's final test
        Bbm                       Ab         Db
T’ find promise of peace and the solace of rest

Chorus 2:
       Gb                          Db           Ab
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my ears
      Bbm                            Ab
Their laughter like children, their beckoning cheers
   Gb                              Db            Ab
My heart longs to join them, sing songs of the sea
    Bbm                      Ab
I remember the fallen... do they think of me?
           Gb                      Ab         Db
When their bones in the ocean, forever will be

Verse 3:
        Db                       Gb           Db
When at last, before my ghostly shipmates I stand
  Bbm                       Ab
I shed a small tear for my home upon land
             Db                                Gb            Db
Though their eyes speak of depths filled with struggle and strife
      Bbm                       Ab           Db
Their smiles below say I don't owe them my life

Chorus 3:
       Gb                          Db           Ab
As the souls of the dead fill the space of my eyes
       Bbm                   Ab
And my boat listed over and tried to capsize
    Gb                            Db            Ab
I'm this far from drowning, this far from the sea
    Bbm                      Ab
I remember the living... do they think of me?
        Gb                   Ab            Db
When my bones in the ocean, forever will be

Bridge:
         Db                       Gb        Db
Now that I'm staring down at the darkest abyss
        Bbm                      Ab
I'm not sure what I want, but I don't think it's this
   Db                         Gb              Db
As my comrades call to stand fast and forge on...
       Bbm                          Ab            Db
I make sail for the dawn until the darkness has gone

Chorus 4:
       Gb                         Db          Ab
As the souls of the dead live fore'er in my mind
     Bbm                           Ab
As I live all the years that they left me behind
     Gb                           Db           Ab
I’ll stay on the shore but still gaze at the sea
    Bbm                    Ab
I remember the fallen and they think of me
        Gb                   Ab             Db
For our souls in the ocean, together will be

Outro:
    Bbm                    Ab
I remember the fallen and they think of me...
        Gb                   Ab             Db
For our souls in the ocean, together will be
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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The Longest Johns are a Bristol based, a capella folk music band, born out of a mutual love of traditional folk songs and shanties. They rock maritime songs alongside the more unusual and less traditional folk tunes. Whether performing hundred year old songs, or their own original creations, the Johns bring a new feel to audiences wherever they go.

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