Intro - Em C Bm D2 x2

Em                   C          Am7
Pacing the deck a lonely bosun
D                   Bm             C             Am7     D
Jack-tarred and fired beneath the salt of ocean
Em                        C            Am7
Lend me an anchor to sink this planet
D                   Bm           C          Am7      D
Unhook these arms to ply their godly habit
?
           C            D           Bm    Am7             D
There's so many tides are made to go to waste?
C                   D
So many tides are made to go to waste

Em      C   Bm       D     (x2)

Em                   C          Am7
Veining the eyes as ages alter?
D                      Bm           C           Am7     D
This sacred trade is everywhere and nowhere?
Em                  C              Am7
Hung out to dry in tall black cabins
D                       Bm        C    Am7      D
Facing the cliffs the gangs of gulls inhabit

       C                  D      Bm      Am7              D
There's so many tides are made to go to waste?
C                  D
So many tides are made to go to waste

Em      C   Bm       D     (x2)

Em              F       C               Am
Even now the hauls are all poured out
D               Bm
Wasting in the midday sun
C
And the yards will be replaced anon
C               D              Bm       Em      
And we all shall be replaced anon