{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1034937,"song":"Wave Over Wave","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11228370-wave-over-wave-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1034937?type=chord","rating":4.53662,"votes":51,"content":"The other tabs I found didnt sound quite right. Maybe they were, but I was playing \r\n\r\nUse a capo on the 2nd fret\r\nStrum [ch]D[/ch] U-[ch]D[/ch]-U\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: | [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] |  X2\r\n  \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh me name's Abel Rogers, a share-man am I,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\non a three-masted schooner from Twillingate Isle[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nI've been the world over, north south east and west,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   (He plays [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nWhere it's wave over wave, sea over bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm as happy a man as the sea will allow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere's no other life for a sailor like me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut to sail the salt sea, boys, to sail the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere's no other life but to sail the salt sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  X2\r\n  \r\nWell, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year\r\nfor she built me a home and raised my children dear\r\nShe’d never come out to bid farewell to me\r\nor ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nAh, The work it is hard and the hours are long,\r\nbut my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,\r\nand when the work's over the whiskey will pour\r\nWe'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] X4\r\n\r\nI've sailed the world over,four decades or more\r\nand oft times I wonder what I do it for\r\nI don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain\r\nbut with life to live over I'd do it again\r\n\r\nChorus X2","plain_text":"The other tabs I found didnt sound quite right. Maybe they were, but I was playing \n\nUse a capo on the 2nd fret\nStrum D U-D-U\n\n\nIntro: | Em  A |  X2\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD D G A  X2\n  \nWell, I leave my wife lonely ten months of the year\nfor she built me a home and raised my children dear\nShe’d never come out to bid farewell to me\nor ken why a sailor must sail the salt sea\n\nChorus\n\nAh, The work it is hard and the hours are long,\nbut my spirit is willing, my back it is strong,\nand when the work's over the whiskey will pour\nWe'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore\n\nEm Em A A X4\n\nI've sailed the world over,four decades or more\nand oft times I wonder what I do it for\nI don't know the answer it's pleasure and pain\nbut with life to live over I'd do it again\n\nChorus X2","chords":["D","Em","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}