Wave Over Wave Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

| Em A | X2

Oh me nDame's Abel RoGgers, a shDare-man amD I,

on a thGree-masted schDooner from TwEmillingate IAsle

I've bGeen the world oDver, north sGouth east and Dwest,

but the mGiddle of noDwhere's where EmI likes it Abest

Chorus

G D G D (He plays G D D D)

Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow

I'm as hGappy a mDan as the Emsea will aAllow

there's Gno other lDife for a saGilor like Dme,

but to Gsail the salt sDea, boys, to Emsail the sAea

there's Gno other life but to sAail the salt Dsea

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

She’d never come out to bid farewell to me

or ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea

Chorus

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

Chorus x2