C            G           Am     C
The hands on the clock keep turning round
      F                        C
They point to the time of the day.
      C          G           Am        C
The time means nothing with you by my side
         F                      C
Though some time I'll be on my way.

(Chorus)
  Am       C                     
Down the road to where I must go,
           F                     C
There's nothing between you and me.
       C      G             Am       C
I'll take a boat down the river, my love
      F               C
And sail away to the sea.
       F               C
I'll sail away to the sea.

What will you take to remember me by?
I've no money to buy you a smile.
I can't say the words to bid you farewell,
So I'll carry them with me a while.

You'll wave goodbye 'till I pass out of sight
As you're waving goodbye for good.
I can't even take you part of the way
I only wish that I could.