Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

also serves as the Intro)

Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

It's better my darling, I promise you this

The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

Will you wait for me darling, I need to know

Verse ii

Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail

It's a hard way of living, but I know it well

And if I surrender my life to the sea

You can marry another, it's alright with me

Pre-chorus

Though we won't be together again 'til the spring

Just imagine the treasures I'll bring

Chorus

Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone

But I will remember you all winter long

And when I return to the one that I miss

Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

The sweeter the kiss

Interlude

Pre-chorus

When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green

I'll come back from wherever I've been

Verse iii

Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

It's better my darling, I promise you this

But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

We will give up the ocean forever, I know

Forever I know.

Interlude

(repeat VERSE III) One strum per chord

Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss

It's better my darling, I promise you this

But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go

We will give up the ocean forever, I know

Forever I know.