G                 C
On our last trip to the coast
G                            D
We watched the boats sail the sea
G                 C     G
"How effortlessly they float"
G              D       G
You turned and said to me

G            C
And sedately I sat there
G                  D
In my quiet mist of rage
G               C    G
How I wanted to tell you
Am                    D
But I was hushed by my shame

[Chorus]
Am                     D
So when the waves come rolling in
G                     C
Then I won’t turn the tide
Am                 D
And in the line of fire
G              C
You’ll set me aside
Am       D           G
So go on Richard let go

G               C
And I can still remember
G                 D
The laughter in a stranger’s face
G                     C    G
And the way you would tell me
G  D            G
To slow down my pace

G                     C
See no living is that easy
G                 D
No living is that fair
G                        C    G
Of course I was going to lose you
Am                 D  
Were you ever even there?
Am                 D
Were you ever even there?

[Chorus]
Am                     D
So when the waves come rolling in
G                     C
Then I won’t turn the tide
Am                 D
And in the line of fire
G              C
You’ll set me aside
Am       D           G
So go on Richard let go
Am       D           G
So go on Richard let go